Month: April 2010

UN promotes illicit affairs: Iran first lady

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Tehran, April 29: The wife of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Western countries of using the United Nations to promote illicit affairs, the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday.

“Westerners exploit the United Nations structure to promote illicit affairs,” Azam-ol-Sadat Farahi told a conference of Muslim women thinkers on Tuesday without elaborating.

“The family, which is the main pillar of every society, has collapsed in the West and they are seeking to extend their problem to the Islamic world by spreading decadent schemes,” she said.

Saas-bahu disputes are no grounds for divorce

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Mumbai, April 29: The traditional saas-bahu altercations are no grounds to divorce your wife, the Bombay high court told Andheri resident Amar Mehta (name changed), 45.

In an order passed on Wednesday, the court refused to grant divorce to the businessman who said that his wife did not respect his parents and forced them to move out of a joint family. The court was of the view that the discord actually was between Amar’s mother and his wife Neha, 42.

Ahmadinejad applies for US visa

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New York, April 29: Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has applied for a US visa to participate in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference to be held here from May 3, the American ambassador to the UN has said.

“My understanding is that as of today he has filed an application for a visa,” Susan Rice said on Wednesday.

The review conference is held every five years and will be attended by more than 30 foreign ministers.

Muslim leader in the list of 22 districts ignored

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“Further delay in the issue of list of Returning officers; Organizational elections of Congress.”

“Muslim leader in the list of 22 districts ignored”

“Three Muslim leaders from Telangana, Andhra and Rayalaseema inevitable.”

Hyderabad April 28: (Siasat News) Hectic activities have begum for the organizational election of the Congress Party in the State However, a dispute has erupted over the list of Districts returning officers. It is said that Muslim leaders have been bypassed in 22 districts.

Three grenade attacks in Assam, no casualties

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Guwahati, April 29: Militants Thursday lobbed grenades on police in Assam’s North Cachar Hills district but there were no casualties, polivr said.

All the attacks took place in Haflong, the district headquarters.

Two grenades were lobbed at a police station while another was hurled at a police team patrolling near a school.

‘There were no casualties. All the grenades missed their targets,’ a police official said.

The identity of the attackers was not immediately known.

—-IANS—

BJP to meet Jharkhand governor at 7 p.m

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New Delhi/Ranchi, April 29The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will meet Jharkhand Governor M.O.H. Farook Thursday evening to inform him of its decision to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren government in the state, senior leader Gopinath Munde said in New Delhi.

Munde had told reporters in New Delhi that the BJP delegation would meet the governor at 5 p.m. but Raj Bhavan sources in Ranchi said the meeting has been deferred to later in the evening at about 7 p.m.

Jagan’s favorites close to Rosiah?

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Hyderabad April 28: (Nayeem Vajahath) This maximum very common that these is no permanent friend or foe in politics. After the untimely death of Rajshaker Reddy some minister and leasers form a group in favour of Y.S Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Even they tried to remove the present chief Minister, Rosiah but the high command did not budge from its stands.

Karnataka to attract investors

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Hyderabad, April 29: Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium scale industries Murugesh R. Nirani today said that Karnataka is all out to attract investors in the state through its Global investors meet and is expecting an investment of Rupees three lakh crores and hopes to generate atleast two lakh jobs .

Twenty20 as serious as Test cricket, asserts Clarke

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Sydney, April 29: Australia’s Twenty20 captain Michael Clarke Thursday called Twenty20 as important as Test cricket and has asked Cricket Australia (CA) to include Twenty20 specialists like batsmen David Warner and David Hussey in their contract system.

“It’s the same – it’s exactly the same,” Clarke was quoted as saying in Daily Telegraph as Australia prepares for the World Twenty20, beginning Friday, in the Caribbean.

“For me, it’s as serious as a one-day match or a Test match.”

Nitish Kumar starts march to gain people’s confidence

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Patna, April 29: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday began his “Vishwas Yatra” (a march to seek people’s confidence), aimed at getting a first-hand response to development works initiated by his government in rural areas and to garner support ahead of next assembly elections due in October.

The chief minister launched his month-long march from Baghi village in West Champaran district, the same district where Mahatma Gandhi had launched his first civil disobedience movement in India against British rule.

‘CRPF committed most offences among paramilitary forces’

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New Delhi, April 29: The Central Reserve Police Force has earned the dubious distinction of having the highest number of criminal offences registered against its personnel as compared to other Central Paramilitary forces last year.

According to latest data from the Home Ministry, a highest of 45 cases were registered against CRPF personnel for allegedly committing crimes as against 25 by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and 13 by Border Security Force (BSF) in 2009.

India’s voting machines are open to fraud, says group

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New Delhi, April 29: The electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in India are vulnerable to fraud, and it is important for votes to be counted in a manner that can be seen and verified, a group of experts said Thursday.

In a collaborative study, a team of Indian and international experts has revealed that even brief access to the voting machines can allow criminals to alter election results.

Rowdy killed in encounter

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Virudhunagar (TN), April 29: Two days after he had hacked a head constable to death, an alleged rowdy was shot dead in an encounter at Tuticorin district today, police said.

Acting on a tip off that the man was hiding in Kuruvelam forest, a police team was sent to arrest him but he tried to hack a policeman, who sighted him behind a bush and tried to nab him, IGP Krishnamoorthy told reporters here.

The constable opened two rounds in self defence and the rowdy Kumar, who suffered bullet injuries, died on way to the hospital, the officer said.

Sehwag’s loss won’t be decisive: Manjrekar

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New Delhi, April 29: Former Test batsman Sanjay Manjrekar feels Virender Sehwag’s absence will not affect India’s chances in the T20 World Cup as they have enough back-up to fill up the explosive opener’s place.

Sehwag was dropped due to a shoulder injury sustained during the recently-concluded Indian Premier League and was replaced by Tamil Nadu opener Murali Vijay, who had a successful stint with the Chennai Super Kings.

“While Sehwag’s absence will hurt, it will not be decisive,” Manjrekar said.

I can’t show nudity in India: Barbara Mori

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Mumbai, April 29: Mexican beauty Barbara Mori, who makes her Bollywood debut with “Kites”, says she finds the melodrama and song- dance sequences of Hindi films “funny yet fascinating”.

She is also amazed at the brouhaha kissing scenes generate in India.

“I knew nothing about Bollywood when ‘Kites’ came to me. Rakesh Roshan (producer) and Anurag Basu (director) narrated the script to me and the only thing I felt was that this was such a different film, ” Barbara, who will be seen as Hrithik Roshan’s love interest in “Kites”, told in an exclusive interview.

Aishwarya Rai is fighting the impossible

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Mumbai, April 29: At the moment Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is trying to cope with the most impossible schedule ever faced by an actress. She is in the US to bring in her third marriage anniversary.

Then she goes to Cannes for the film festival. In- between she must also start all the promotional work for Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.

And now with Akshay Kumar in London for 90 days to shoot for Nikhil Advani’s Patiala House where does that leave Vipul Shah with his one remaining so to be shot for Action Replay?

I am the No. 1 actress, why will I not like the number game: Katrina Kaif

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Mumbai, April 29: Katrina Kaif surely has proved her acting caliber on the silver screen. From her first film Boom to Rajneeti She has experimented with her look, performances and above all she has improved dancing as well as her speech skills too.

Undoubtedly, the directors and the producers have broken the myth that she is just a glam doll. The credit nonetheless goes to Prakash Jha for his film Rajneeti in which Kats has taken the trouble of dubbing the dialogues in pure Hindi. A heart to heart rendezvous follows with Lipika Varma.

Three killed in road mishap in Rajasthan

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Jaipur, April 29: Three persons, including a couple, were today killed when a car in which they were travelling had a head-on collision with a truck at village Rawaliya, about 14 km away from Chittorgarh, police said.

The couple hailing from Tamil Nadu were on their way to Kwaja Moinuddin Chisti dargha at Ajmer when the mishap occurred.

All the three bodies have been taken to Chittorgarh hospital for post-mortem.

The deceased were yet to be identified.

-PTI

Lalu, Mulayam accuse government of being anti-Muslim

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New Delhi, April 29: The reports of Sachar and Ranganath Misra committees on minority welfare today generated heat in the Lok Sabha, with RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his SP counterpart Mulayam Singh Yadav charging the government with being anti-Muslim and leading walkout by their party members.

BJP members too utilised the opportunity to express anguish over non-utilisation of funds for development of social infrastructure, including water and power, in Muslim- dominated areas, especially slums.

India to set up DNA data banks

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New Delhi, April 29: India will set up several DNA data banks at the national and state levels to strengthen forensic investigation, Science and Technology Minister Prithviraj Chavan told parliament Thursday.

A draft bill has already been circulated among the ministries and departments concerned, he said in the Rajya Sabha.

Deepika will think twice before talking of relationship

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New Delhi, April 29: Deepika Padukone seems to be once bitten, twice shy. The model-turned-actress says that after her break-up with Ranbir Kapoor, she would reconsider revealing private matters in public.

Sporting a leaner-than-ever look on the cover of the May issue of Vogue India magazine, courtesy “religious workouts”, and a glow on her face, the 24-year-old actress doesn’t regret coming out about her affair but confesses to having second thoughts about revealing such details in the future.

BJP to raise plight of WB potato growers in Parliament

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Kolkata, April 29: The BJP today said it will highlight the poor plight of West Bengal potato farmers in Parliament.

Claiming that distress sale of the vegetable in the state is leading to suicides and depression among the growers, BJP national leader Rajnath Singh said, “We will raise the issue of distress sale of potato in West Bengal in Parliament and would demand fair and remunerative prices for the vegetable.”

This year, there has been a bumper crop of potatoes in West Bengal, the largest grower of the vegetable in the country.

Sandra Bullock Adoption

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Paris, April 29: The Sandra Bullock adoption rumors are true and People magazine has confirmed the exciting news. Sure, Sandra has had a rough go of it as of late with a public unfolding of affairs conducted by her douchebag husband who felt the need to get busy with a bunch of tattoo-ed up stripper types. But now Sandy has a man in her life who won’t talk back (yet) or make her cry angry tears.

No secret pact between Cong and BSP: Digvijay

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Kanpur, April 29: The Congress today said it had no “secret pact” with the BSP which had supported the UPA government on the cut motion and will continue to oppose the “anti-people” policies of Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh.

“We have not signed any deal with BSP that you support us in Lok Sabha and we would not agitate against them.

Congress will continue its fight for the people and will keep organising rallies and will keep exposing state government’s anti people policies,” AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh told PTI here today.

We cannot take Afghanistan lightly: Dhoni

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St Lucia, April 29: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday warned his team-mates against taking unheralded Afghanistan lightly in their Twenty20 World Cup opening match here on Saturday, saying any slip-up against them can put his side out of contention for super eights.

“If you ask me, I would not consider our opening match against Afghanistan as a practice game. I don’t take my opponents lightly. At the end of the day you have to win whichever team you play,” said Dhoni, ruling out complacency in the Indian camp.