Ahmedabad, June 03: Tropical cyclone ‘Phet’ in the Arabian Sea is about 1100 km from Nalia in Kutch and is weakening as coastal areas of Gujarat received light to medium rainfall under its influence, Indian Meteorological Department officials said today.
The cyclone has moved slightly towards the coast of Oman and “due to proximity to the land surface (near Oman), the system is showing sign of weakening,” they said.
Chennai, June 03: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, one of India’s most senior politicians, turned 87 Thursday.
A key prop of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Karunanidhi began the day by cutting a birthday cake at his residence in Gopalapuram area here as close aides and family members cheered him.
A day earlier, he had formally handed over his house to a trust with a request that the property should be converted into a hospital after he and his wife Dayalu Ammal die.
Hyderabad, June 03: Entrance examinations for aspiring students to study in Hyderabad University would be held from June 1 to 7 at 25 centres all over the country including Hyderabad Centre.
According to a press note, the examinations at Hyderabad centre would be held at University campus, Gachibowli Hyderabad and the hall tickets for the candidates have been sent in advance.
Johanesburg, June 03: Andrew Hudson, South Africa’s convener of selectors, has said Makhaya Ntini’s form for Kent in the County Championship was encouraging and that he would be considered for selection along with everyone else when the squads for upcoming series are chosen.
Hudson’s comments came closely after Ntini expressed his disappointment at the lack of communication from the selectors since he was dropped from the South African team following a poor home series against England in 2009-10.
Melbourne, June 03: Ricky Ponting believes Steven Smith could be thrown into Test cricket in India later this year, if he is not given a chance even sooner in the games against Pakistan in England. Cricket Australia is considering a BCCI proposal to change the scheduled seven ODI series in October to two Tests and three one-dayers.
Tirupati, June 03: Union home minister P.Chidambaram would offer worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala near here tomorrow.
The home minister would offer prayers after taking part in the sacred Suprabatham (hymns chanted by priests to wake up the Lord) in the wee hours on Thursday.
Tight security arrangement have been put in place at Tirumala and Tirupati in view of his visit to the temple town.
Temple sources told PTI that it was an unscheduled visit by the Home Minister to the hill temple late this evening.
Wellington, June 03: Ian Butler, the New Zealand fast bowler, has signed up with Gloucestershire as their second overseas player for the Friends Provident Twenty20 tournament. Butler, who previously played for Gloucestershire in 2003, joins New Zealand team-mate allrounder James Franklin in the squad.
Hyderabad, June 03: A beleaguered Congress MP from Kadapa Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy received support from unexpected quarter when MIM president and Hyderabad MP Assaduddin Owaisi met him and extended solidarity.
New Delhi, June 03: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his wife, veteran actress Jaya Bachchan, rang in their 37th wedding anniversary Thursday and have been receiving greetings galore for their special day.
“37 years! That’s how long my parents have been married. Their wedding anniversary today!,” Abhishek announced on micro-blogging Twitter Thursday morning.
Ever since, posts to congratulate the duo have kept pouring in.
Madhur Bhandarkar, Preity Zinta, Sikandar Kher, Genelia D’Souza, Atul Kasbekar and others extended their wishes to the couple.
Mumbai, June 03: Getting inked has become something of a passion with Sushmita Sen. The actress’ tat count now stands at four, in the span of a year.
In an earlier interview, Sush has said, “I love tattoos. I have three on the arms but the fourth one I cannot show you. They are all permanent and I think I will add more to them.”
A source close the actress reveals, “Her first tattoo ‘Temptation’ on her right arm has the ‘T’ shaped like a dagger. Then came the ‘soli deo glory’ inking on her left wrist, which means ‘Glory to God alone’ in Latin.”
London, June 03: A Briton sprayed room fresheners to hide the stench of his girlfriend’s rotting body that lay on a sofa for 10 months.
Gabriel Brown, who hid the stench of 37-year-old Lynn Warman’s body from neighbours, told the police that he was too grief stricken to report her death at their home in Worthing, West Sussex, The Metro reported Thursday.
Brown, who was arrested in December last year, admitted that his girlfriend had died in February.
Horsham Magistrates’ Court coroner was told that Brown was himself found dead in January this year while on police bail.
Mumbai, June 03: Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt donned the chef’s hat to woo his wife Manyata, who was upset with him for speeding his car on the Mumbai-Pune Express highway.
“Tonight I am the chef at home. Cooking some mutton for my wife. Making up for morning, ” Sanjay posted on his Twitter page Monday.
After cooking the dinner, he posted: “Mission accomplished. Dinner served.”
The actor was driving around his Audi A8 at a high speed.
-Agencies
Mumbai, June 03: Bipasha Basu is creating waves on the internet. As soon as she announced her plans to join Twitter, videos of her posing topless in an old advertisement surfaced on the site YouTube.
The ad, which also features Vivek Oberoi, was reportedly shot in India 11 years ago when Bipasha was bound in a contract with the New York-based Ford modelling agency.
It was a television commercial for the New York Lotto but was shot in India. The ad is directed by Ken Nahoum. The video is posted online by Tommy Kane, who was the art illustrator for this ad.
Mumbai, June 03: Like most A-list actors in tinsel town, superstar Shah Rukh Khan too likes perfection and was irritated with himself when he couldn’t deliver his best during a shooting schedule for his home production “Ra.One”.
“Awful day at shoot…acted badly…did awful action…and gave suggestions without understanding them myself. Delayed the shoot,” Shah Rukh posted on social networking site Twitter.
“Everybody believes tomorrow will be better… I hope everybody is right. I think I should just forget it…move on..shower…feed my face, watch a film…,” he added.
Mumbai, June 03: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta pleasantly surprised friend Hrithik Roshan when she complimented him for his performance in “Kites”, which has got a drubbing at the box office.
“Hey Duggu! You looked like a god in ‘Kites’! Sigh! Saw it today! You did a great job in the movie,” Preity posted on Hrithik’s Twitter page.
Hrithik replied saying: “Hey Pree! Courageous of you complimenting me for ‘Kites’! But don’t say it too loud, somebody might hear you.”
The two have been great friends and even worked together in films like “Mission Kashmir” and “Koi… Mil Gaya”.
Mumbai, June 03: Kangana Ranaut has worked hard on her look for Once Upon A Time In Mumbai. Dekho!
Sensually dramatic
The actress, who is known to reinvent herself for her roles, combines sensuality with drama for her styling for this set-in-seventies flick directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Ekta Kapoor.
“There is a lot of her in the character, ” says Luthria. “She lends herself because she has a great body which does not look vulgar and her face is chameleon-like she can change into different looks everyday!”
Mumbai, June 03: It wasn’t any celebrity stylist but National award winning filmmaker Mani Ratnam himself who gave superstar Abhishek Bachchan his military-style crew-cut for the upcoming film “Raavan”.
The haircut was a result of a long standing promise that Abhishek made to Ratnam a few years back while shooting for “Yuva”.
Mumbai, June 03: Manisha Koirala is back and how. The actor is not only all set to make her Bollywood comeback with a couple of upcoming releases but also finally ready to tie the knot with Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal on June 19.
And this time the beautiful lady says that she has no cold feet. The actor speaks to CS about making a fresh start:
Take II
Once an actor, always an actor – so getting in front of the camera after a bit of a gap wasn’t really a big deal.
Mumbai, June 03: Director Sanjay Gupta, who reunited with wife Anu after a bitter break-up, has gifted her a swanky white coloured BMW to mark their first wedding anniversary.
“Sanjay is going all out in his relationship. They have eyes just for each other. For this special occasion, Sanjay wanted something special for his wife and thought of gifting her BMW,” a friend said.
Gupta, who has a fondness for fast moving cars, gizmos, gadgets and bikes, confirmed that he bought the car. “Well, Anu is not into things like these.
Riyadh, June 03: A Saudi Islamic scholar has sued to block an education ministry move to allow female teachers to teach young schoolboys in private schools, Arab News reported Tuesday.
Shariah law scholar Youssef al-Ahmad said he went to court to block the new policy after high officials ignored his letters arguing that women teaching boys is haraam, or forbidden, in Islam, the newspaper said.
“When I received no reply, I went to court,” he said.
Major fraud by BSNL staff
Hyderabad, June 03 (Siasat News): In a major fraud case, employees working with BSNL, Lakdi-ka-pul, allegedly stole 26 compact discs (CDs) on which data related to 1.43 crore worth re-charge coupons was loaded.
According to Saifabad detective inspector K Shankar, though the CDs were found missing from BSNL, office in November last, the BSNL authorities lodged complaint against their employees with police on Wednesday.
Lahore, June 03: Coach Waqar Younis believes that Pakistans tour of England would be important for rebuilding the team and said he was also looking forward to the arrival of young cricketers which could change their fortunes around.
Pakistan is scheduled to have a hectic four months, starting with the four-nation Asia Cup in Sri Lanka from June 15, following which they play Australia in two Twenty20 and two Tests in England before taking on their hosts in four Tests, two Twenty20 and five one-day games.
Mumbai, June 03: Amitabh Bachchan and Sunil Shetty join cast of Sanjay Dutt’s first production, Desi Boyz
Amitabh Bachchan and Sunil Shetty are the latest names to be added to Desi Boyz, a Sanjay Dutt production. The title to the David Dhawan comic caper was announced a fortnight back by Dutt and Ajay Devgn. It appears that Sanju is keen to have all those whom he is close to in the industry in his project.
Mumbai, June 03: Television actress Debina Boneerjee, famously known as Sita of NDTV Imagine’s ‘Ramayana’, will soon sizzle in Bollywood as she plays a very popular tennis player, Sania Mirza in a movie titled Hyderabadi Damaad.
Speaking about the movie, Debina says, “In the movie Hyderabadi Damaad, we won’t ape Sania Mirza but our story has been inspired by her life and not her professional side of existence.”
Hyderabad, June 03: Various issues concerning Muslim women will be addressed at the two-day women’s conference beginning here on June 5. The State level conference is being organised by Jamiatul Mominath, the girl’s seminary, at Mir Alam Idgah.
Noted Islamic scholars, including women, from different parts of the country will address the conference which will be inaugurated by Mufti Khaleel Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Nizamia.