Month: June 2010

Petrol, diesel prices up by Rs 3.73; Kerosene by Rs 3

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New Delhi, June 25: Petrol and diesel will cost up to Rs 3.73 per litre more, households will have to pay an additional Rs 35 per cylinder and poor man’s cooking medium kerosene will be dearer by Rs 3 a litre from today, the government said here.

In a major decision to bring petroleum products in line with market rates, the government today freed petrol from all pricing controls and hiked diesel prices by Rs two a litre, Oil Secretary S Sundareshan announced after the meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers.
–PTI

School teacher arrested for student’s rape

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Navi Mumbai, June 25: A teacher was arrested here Friday for allegedly raping a Class 3 student in a school toilet, police said Monday.

“We have arrested 32-year-old Firoze Ibrahim on suspicion of rape. We are yet to ascertain whether he committed the crime or not. He is in police custody till June 29 and our investigations are on,” said Inspector Sanjay Shukla.

The seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped Monday at St. Joseph School and Junior College in Kalamboli suburb of Navi Mumbai. The victim was allegedly raped in a bathroom on the fourth floor of the school by the accused.

Khawaja and George put Australia A in control

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Melbourne, June 25: Usman Khawaja found some form ahead of his maiden Test tour as Australia A earned a six-run lead over Sri Lanka A on the first day in Townsville. Khawaja, who was picked in the national squad on Tuesday, finished unbeaten on 47 in an impressive display after the visitors were knocked over before tea for 78.

Regular matches will help improve ties: Moin Khan

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Karachi, June 25: Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan feels the regular organisation of multi-national tournaments like the Asia Cup will help improve bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan.

“The Asia Cup has always been hit by politics and other issues and has not been held regularly as planned. But it must be held after every two years as it helps the South Asian nations become closer,” he said.

“It is a regional event and if it is held regularly it will help remove differences among member countries particularly Pakistan and India,” he said.

Modi guilty of major irregularities: Abdullah

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Mumbai, June 25: The noose tightened further around Lalit Modi with IPL Governing Council member Farooq Abdullah saying that the suspended commissioner of the Twenty20 league committed “major irregularities” during his days in the office.

The Governing Council also approved an amended media rights agreement with MSM Satellite, which will recover the Rs 425 crore facilitation fee it had paid to World Sports Group (WSG) and pay it back to BCCI as rights fees.

Indian team for SL Tests to be picked tomorrow

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Chennai, June 25: The Cricket Board’s selection committee will pick the team for India’s upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka tomorrow.

The Kris Srikkanth-led panel will meet tomorrow morning to pick the side for the away three-Test series starting July 18

“The All-India Senior Selection Committee will meet at 8:45 am on Saturday, 26th June 2010, at the TNCA, Chennai, to pick the Indian team for the Test series against Sri Lanka in July-August 2010,” BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.

Smith emphasises need for Test championship

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Johanesburg, June 25: Graeme Smith, the South African captain, has urged the ICC to introduce a Test Championship when its members meet for its annual general meeting in Singapore next week.

“I believe a Test championship is a matter of urgency to stimulate the five-day game,” Smith told Reuters by email from Bridgetown. “All our senior players support a formal Test championship,” he said. South Africa are currently ranked No 2, behind India, in the ICC’s Test rankings.

Mariah Carey facing legal action

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London, June 25: Pop singer Mariah Carey is facing legal action from veterinarian Cindy Bressler, who has filed documents claiming Mariah owes about $30,000 for her services.

Bressler filed claims in a New York court on Wednesday, alleging the pop star has paid just $8,200 towards the $37,800 worth of charges for extraordinary services given to her three dogs, JJ, Cha Cha and Dolomite, in one month.

Aish: Raavan abducts Kareena Kapoor’s luck

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Mumbai, June 25: Aishwarya Rai may be cribbing over the fate of her much hyped Raavan that also starred her grumpy-faced husband.

Abhishek Bachchan whose lie to his fans about the cliff jump has tarnished his public image. However, amidst all the thorns lies the fragrant rose.

The idiom seems to be tailor-made for the former Miss World whose Raavan debacle has landed her. A film from the renowned Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

After getting sidelined by his good, old friend Salman Khan and suffering the pangs of Ash-Sallu split, Sanjay’s desire of casting.

Ayesha to romance Yuvraj Anant in Revathy’s next

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Mumbai, June 25: Famous South Indian director Revathy S Varmha, whose claim to fame is Tamil blockbuster JUNE R (Starring South Indian superstar actresses Jyotika, Khushboo and Sarita) has finalized the starcast of her next Bollywood magnum opus HAMESHA I WILL LOVE YOU.

This film marks the comeback of the very talented Ayesha Takia Azmi who last set the box office afire with Boney Kapoor’s WANTED. As for the male lead, Revathy has found her ultimate romantic hero in one of India’s most eligible bachelors- Yuvraj Anant Narayan, who is better known as the Prince of the Bhareh.

‘Love Sex aur Dhokha’ Review

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Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Love Sex aur Dhokha’ seems to have opened the floodgates of a risqué cinema in Bollywood, for Pravesh Bhardwaj’s ‘Mr Singh Mrs Mehta’ is woven around infidelity in marriage.

Starring Prashant Narayanan, Naved Aslam, Aruna Shields and Lucy Hassan, ‘Mr Singh Mrs Mehta’ is the story of Mr Singh (Naved Aslman)

Satyam Scam: Bail for 2 Persons

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Hyderabad, June 25: A local Court today granted bail to two of the main accused in the infamous Satyam accounting fraud case even while posting to June 27 the CBI petition for a video conference interrogation of Former Chairman Ramalinga Raju, who is recovering at the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) from hepatitis infection.

The Magistrate allowed the application of Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC) Senior Partner S Gopalakrishnan and Former Satyam Internal Auditor Prabhakar Gupta on health grounds and granted them bail.

——-Agencies

Men in blue miles ahead of Pakistan- Says Akram

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Karachi, June 25: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has said that Indian team is much ahead of the Pakistan players. He has said that the men in blue are now a much better unit than that of the Pakistan. They are more confident and much composed.

India had registered an emphatic victory over Pakistan in a group match in the Asia Cup, in the final over of the match. As per Akram, Indians are better prepared to handle the pressure of the high voltage game between the two arch rivals. Akram told this to the media at Islamabad.

Mallika Sherawat demands big money?

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Mumbai, June 25: Call it the after effects of all the adulation and attention she has been receiving from Hollywood, because if the buzz in the industry is to go by, Mallika Sherawat is demanding a whopping sum for doing an advertisement for a jewellery brand.

From what we hear, a leading jewellery brand recently approached Mallika to be its brand ambassador. But the siren quoted a huge sum of money – Rs. 10 crore, it is believed – for her services.

Katrina picks Farah as her favourite director

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Mumbai, June 25: Katrina Kaif picks her favourite director to shoot an airline ad for her. After acting in Farah Khan’s home production Tees Maar Khan, Katrina Kaif will be flying down to Abu Dhabi for a day to be directed by her favourite director for an ad for Etihad Airways.

Says a source, “Katrina is the brand ambassador of the airlines. They have signed her on recently and this is her first endorsement of an airlines. It was Katrina who insisted that Farah direct her in the ad. Earlier Khan has directed many stars from Shahrukh to Kareena.

Meghna Naidu shocked by cops’ apathy

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Mumbai, June 25: “The cops at the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell gave a thanda response when I approached them with details of the hacker who hacked my Gmail account this week. They were least bothered about my complaint,” lamented Meghna Naidu immediately after filing it.

I am going ahead with my resignation: Justice Hegde

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Bangalore, June 26: Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde, whose resignation was rejected by Governor H R Bhardwaj on Thursday, has refused to reconsider his decision.

Speaking to media about his telephonic conversation with Home Minister P Chidambaram, Justice Hegde said it was merely a courtesy call.

Surgeon suspended for leaving towel in a woman’s stomach

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Kanpur, June 25: A senior surgeon has been suspended for allegedly leaving a towel in a woman’s abdomen during a gall bladder operation.

The incident came to light when Nirmala Devi, a resident of Shastri Nagar here, complained of stomach ache two months after undergoing operation at Ursala hospital.

“The woman complained of stomach ache, infection and pus in the area of incision after she was discharged by the Senior Surgeon A K Shukla,” the Chief Medical Officer Ashok Mishra said.

People wanted my son dead, says MJ’s mother

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London, June 25: Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine said that the pop legend was murdered insisting her son was convinced “people wanted him dead”.

In a rare TV interview with NBC’s ‘Dateline’ set to air in the US on the first anniversary of Jackson’s death today, the family matriarch revealed the Thriller hitmaker always feared he would meet a tragic end, Contactmusic reported.

And the 80-year-old is adamant greed played a part in the superstar’s demise.

John-Bipasha say No to Desi Viagra

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Mumbai, June 25: Bips says John and she will only endorse health and fitness brands as a couple, turn down offer worth crores to lend names to herbal aphrodisiac

As a power couple, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu draw the line at health and fitness products and services endorsements.

Proof of that recently came when they turned down an offer to promote an Indian herbal aphrodisiac despite being offered crores.

US has reset relationship with Russia, says Obama

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Washington, June 25: US President Barack Obama has said that he has “reset” the button of relationship with its Cold War adversary Russia, ties with which had dipped a new low during the previous Bush Administration.

“I firmly believe that America’s most significant national security interests and priorities could be advanced most effectively through cooperation, not an adversarial relationship with Russia,” Obama said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev.

Lata regrets having never met Michael Jackson

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Mumbai, June 25: Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar has said that she regrets never meeting ‘King of Pop’ legend Michael Jackson, whose first death anniversary falls today.

“never got opportunity to meet him…ill always have this regret in my heart… (sic),” Lata wrote on the microblogging site Twitter.

Describing Jackson as one of the greatest pop artists, the 80-year-old legend tweeted, “My humble tribute to one of the greatest pop artists ever, Michael Jackson…may his soul rest in peace…”

Unknown diseases kill 20 kids in Tripura

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Agartala, June 25: At least 20 children have died in the past 10 days following the outbreak of various unknown viral and tropical diseases in a remote tribal-dominated village in Tripura, officials here said Friday.

“The children mostly died at their homes in remote Kangrai tribal village along the Tripura-Mizoram border in northern Tripura,” doctors and officials who visited the affected areas told reporters at divisional headquarters Kanchanpur.

Many other children and elders also fell ill. Some were admitted to the sub-divisional hospital.

I’d do it again, says Bin Laden hunter

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Washington, June 25: A construction worker who left home in America on a one-man mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden said he would “absolutely” try again to find the al-Qa’ida leader, despite being arrested in Pakistan.

Gary Faulkner was returning to Greeley, Colorado, yesterday after being detained on 13 June while attempting to cross into Afghanistan from the mountainous region of northern Pakistan. He was armed with a pistol, sword, night-vision goggles, a map and was reportedly carrying Christian literature.

SRK in a super car

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Mumbai, June 25: All you SRK fans, watch out for the speedster Shahrukh Khan as he gears up to drive one of the world’s fastest available supercars, the Volkswagen Bugatti, in his film Ra.one. A team of techinicians from the Pirates of Caribbean will teach him to drive the car.

The title of the film Ra.Onewhich is SRK’s most ambitious project till date is short for “Random Access Version One”. SRK plays a superhero named G.One, who drives a super fast car. He will have to perform different stunts while driving this vehical.