Month: November 2009

Hawn proud to see Hudson dance in new movie

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London, November 29: Hollywood actress Kate Hudson has revealed her star mother Goldie Hawn fought back tears as she was proud to see her daughter dance, when she visited her on the sets of the movie “Nine”.

Hawn, who began her career as a dancer, was overwhelmed when she saw her daughter take centre stage in the musical, reports celebrifi.com.

“She came to the set and it was fun for her. I think it was emotional for her too because that’s how she started her career,” said Hudson.

Eesha Koppikhar marries Timmy Narang

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Mumbai, November 29: Bollywood actress Eesha Koppikhar Sunday tied the knot with restaurateur Timmy Narang at a temple here in a ceremony that was attended by close family and friends.

The 33-year-old married beau Narang at the ISKCON Temple in Juhu in traditional Maharashtrian style.

“The wedding ceremony took place for around four hours in Maharashtrian style. The girl (Eesha) was wearing a red and yellow sari and the groom was wearing a cream sherwani. They left the temple around 3 p.m.,” a temple official told IANS on condition of anonymity.

Iran asks UNESCO to help over dispute with Egypt

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Tehran, November 29: Iran has asked the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to protect the remains of a vanished Persian army of the Achaemenid empire in Egypt.

The request was made through a letter by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) on Sunday.

“Egypt’s chief archeologist Zahi Hawass has recently rejected the discovery of the army in his personal weblog due to political pressure,” ICHTO Spokesman, Hassan Mohseni, told Fars news agency.

Majlis passes budget to fight US HR abuse

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Tehran, November 29: Iranian Parliamentarians earmark millions of dollars to confront what they call “gross violations of human rights” by Britain and the US.

In a newly-passed resolution on Sunday, the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) allocated around 20 million dollars from the Iranian Oil Stabilization Fund to investigate human rights abuses committed by the US and British government around the world.

Brown sets out targets for Karzai

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London, November 29: The British prime minister says he will set targets for the Afghan president so that NATO forces can start to hand over control of Afghanistan to local forces.

Gordon Brown said Saturday that President Karzai needed to draw up a credible plan before attending an international conference on Afghanistan in London in late January.

“I want the conference in London to set the conditions needed for district by district handover to Afghan lead responsibility,” Brown noted, saying the first benchmark will come three months after the conference.

TRS workers stage dharna, traffic disrupted

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Medak, November 29: To protest against the arrest of TRS President K Chandrasekhara Rao, a large number of Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS) leaders and workers staged a dharna on the Medak-Siddipet road disrupting the vehicular traffic, here today.

The TRS activists damaged the Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation buses in the town and also set on fire Chinna Koduru Mandal Revenue Office.

Lathi charage, road blockade, dharnas mar Telangna area

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Karimnagar, November 29: Police lathicharge, road blockade, dharnas and damages to buses marred the entire Telangana areas when the police spoiled the ‘fast-unto-death’ by arresting the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhara Rao near Alagnoor Cross Roads while he was proceeding to Siddipet to commence ‘fast-unto-death’ on the demand for a separate Telengana state.

TRS President remanded in judicial custody, tension prevails

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Khammam, November 29: Tension prevailed near the Khammam Sub Jail while the Police moving Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President K Chandrasekhara Rao to the jail after the magistrate remanded him to 14 days judicial custody.

Earier, police booked cases against Rao under sections 147, 114, 117, 120b IPC in the Two Town Police Station and produced before the Khammam Magistrate who remanded him to 14 days judicial custody.

The judge rejected the plea of Rao for providing medical treatment, bail and also the reason for his arrest.

Aamir, Salman, the night riders!

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Mumbai, November 29: It is common knowledge that Aamir Khan and Salman Khan are bonding big time these days. Aamir too admits to his close friendship with Salman and says, “Yes, I am very fond of Salman. I also spend time with him whenever we can match our schedules.”

Deepika-Ranbir-Act II

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Mumbai, November 29: Told you a few days ago that Deepika Padukone is a very sensible girl. Well news from sources close to the lovely actress say that she may have split personally from Ranbir Kapoor but she is professionally still drawn to him. When these two young stars were a couple, some filmmakers had planned on making films with them. News has it, that at least one of those films (directed by a common friend of the couple) is still on.

Chidambaram brings order to ‘Home

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New Delhi, November 29 : From strengthening intelligence apparatus to most importantly ensuring coordination among the security agencies to prevent the nightmare of another Mumbai- type attack, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has made a seamless transition from Finance Ministry in the last one year.

Sixty-four-year old Chidambaram, who assumed charge of the Home Ministry on December one reluctantly — as he had himself said — after Shivraj Patil’s resignation in the wake of the November 26 attacks, had invested a lot of his time and efforts to overhaul the security establishment.

‘Kaiga radiation leak an act of sabotage’

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Mumbai, November 29: In a case of sabotage, Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar on Sunday said somebody “deliberately” put radioactive tritium in a water cooler at the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant that exposed about 50 workers to increased level of radiation.

People involved will be punished under the Atomic Energy and other acts after investigation, he said.

“Somebody deliberately put the tritiated water vials into a drinking water cooler. Therefore, we are investigating who is behind the malevolent act,” he said in Mumbai.

6-packs are tough: Shahid

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Mumbai, November 29: If 2007 was Shah Rukh Khan’s year to show off his newly-acquired six-pack in Om Shanti Om and 2008 Aamir Khan’s to reveal what an eight-pack looks like in Ghajini, then 2010 is going to be Shahid Kapoor’s year for possessing Bollywood’s most finel-chiselled body in recent times.

Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan, of course, are the all-time Gods of The Body… but nudging them for a place on the pedestal is Shahid whose amazing physique is in ripping display in a song in UTV Motion Pictures’ Chance Pe Dance that releases on January 15, 2010.

831 crimes by motorcyclists; police claim no spurt in such incidents

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New Delhi, November 29: The national capital has witnessed over 800 crimes committed by motorcycle-borne men this year, with snatching topping the list at 760 cases, even as the police claim that there is “no spurt” in such incidents.

Till November 15 this year, a total of 831 cases of murder, robbery and snatching committed by motorcycle-borne assailants were reported from across the city and police arrested 857 people in connection with these incidents.

Don’t jeopardise civil servants’ rights on assumptions: CAT

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New Delhi, November 29: Rights of civil servants cannot be put in “jeopardy” on the assumption that an inquiry might be conducted into alleged negligent actions on their part, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has held.

“There might have been lapses which might be actionable but so long as they were in the minds of the officers alone and not translated to any specific action, right of a civil servant should not have been subjected to jeopardy,” the CAT headed by Vice-Chairman M Ramachandran said.

Chidambaram brings order to ‘Home’

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New Delhi, November 29: From strengthening intelligence apparatus to most importantly ensuring coordination among the security agencies to prevent the nightmare of another Mumbai- type attack, Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has made a seamless transition from Finance Ministry in the last one year.

Sixty-four-year old Chidambaram, who assumed charge of the Home Ministry on December one reluctantly — as he had himself said — after Shivraj Patil’s resignation in the wake of the November 26 attacks, had invested a lot of his time and efforts to overhaul the security establishment.

Multi-purpose nanotechnology innovation parks for India

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Mumbai, November 29: US based Nanotechnology firm Nanobiosym is planning to set up multi-purpose nanotechnology innovation parks, the first of its kind in India.

Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat have already signed MOUs with the globally recognised firm to establish the Nanobiosym Tech Park in India.

Deora fast-tracks petrol dealerships for 26/11 victims’ kin

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Mumbai, November 29: Union Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said he has fast-tracked the process of awarding petrol pump dealerships to families of six security personnel killed in the 26/11 terror strikes.

The government expects to overcome procedural bottlenecks such as acquiring of land and obtaining environmental clearances soon, the Petroleum Minister said.

’Rs. 7.5 lakh cr. needed to create 50 crore skilled workforce’

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Mumbai, November 29: The Planning Commission has requested the government to grant Rs. 7.5 lakh crores for achieving its mission of creating 50 crore skilled people, both in the organised and unorganised sectors over the next decade.

“We have requested the government to sanction around Rs. 7,50,000 crores to achieve the mission by 2022. We are awaiting the government’s decision in this regard,” Chairman, Sub-Group, Skill Development, Planning Commission, M.N. Chaini, told PTI here.

No proposal to install Mahatma’s statue at India Gate: Centre

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New Delhi, November 29: The Centre has no proposal to install a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the canopy at the historic India Gate in the national capital.

Sources in the Urban Development Ministry said that it has no proposal “pending” for the installation of the statue after a controversy broke out in 1995 which led the Delhi High Court to put a stay on altering the canopy and the original architecture of the war memorial in Lutyen’s Delhi.

Kaiga N-plant radiation leak an act of sabotage: Kakodkar

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Mumbai, November 29: In a case of sabotage, Atomic Energy Commission chief Anil Kakodkar on Sunday said somebody “deliberately” put radioactive tritium in a water cooler at the Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant that exposed about 50 workers to increased level of radiation.

People involved will be punished under the Atomic Energy and other acts after investigation, he said.

“Somebody deliberately put the tritiated water vials into a drinking water cooler. Therefore, we are investigating who is behind the malevolent act,” he said in Mumbai.

Pakistan president claims success against Taliban

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Islamabad, November 29: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed “considerable success” in a military offensive against Taliban fighters in the remote tribal northwest, his office said Sunday.

Zardari made the remarks during a telephone conversation late Saturday with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in a statement.

“Referring to the ongoing drive against militancy in the tribal areas of South Waziristan, the president said that considerable success had been achieved,” Babar said.

The world is the market for e-book readers

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New Delhi,November 29:The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is a novelty, a fad. These were the words uttered famously by a president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer Horace Reckham not to invest in the Ford Motor Co. in 1903. Blame it on the Theory of Technological Evolution or call it the Survival of the Fastest (with due respects to Mr. Darwin) but for a majority of people, travelling in an automobile is as much a part of normal activity as may be bushing their teeth.

Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk

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Mina, November 29: Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday — the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu.

The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 3 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world and an ideal incubator for the H1N1 flu virus.

ATS constable, two others killed by suspected SIMI activist

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Bhopal, November 29: An Anti-Terrorist Squad constable, involved in tracking members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), was killed along with two others by a motorcycle-borne youth Saturday night. Police suspect the killer to be a SIMI activist. Six people have been arrested in connection with the killings, police said Sunday.

The police have recovered the motorbike used by the assailant.