Hyderabad, July 07: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah Wednesday asked Congress legislators to boycott the yatra of party MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, saying participation would amount to indiscipline.
Rosaiah told reporters that some legislators sought his advice on their participation in the yatra beginning in Srikakulam district Thursday. “I told them that they should not participate as the party high command has not given permission.”
Hyderabad, July 07: A 30-year-old US national was raped at her residence in the posh Banjara Hills locality, police said today.
The incident took place late last night when an unidentified person barged into the woman’s rented house and sexually assaulted her after threatening her at knife point, they said.
The victim was working for a US-based non-profit charitable organisation since a year and was living alone in a penthouse at Road No.11 in Banjara Hills, police said.
She has been admitted to a corporate hospital where medical tests will be conducted.
Mumbai, July 07: Salman gives his home production a new direction. Tells Wanted action director he wants Dabanng to be bigger than 2009 hit! Devises five action sequences
There’s a strong buzz going around that Salman Khan has directed most of his home production, Dabangg.
On condition of anonymity, a crew member reveals, “Director Abhinav Kashyap wanted to make it a realistic and gritty film about a corrupt cop set in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, in the vein of what Vishal Bhardwaj and Anurag Kashyap would attempt. But Salman stepped in and changed the film to suit his vision.”
Mumbai, July 07: Many of Ameesha Patel’s closest buddies are male.
“So the guy in my life should be able to handle that and accept their presence and friendship for what it is, ” says the actress who is the cover girl for the latest issue of The Man.
Going a step further she says, “It would be nice if sometimes, my man could be my ‘girlfriend’, you know, comfortable doing ‘girlie’ things with me.”
Wonder what Vikram Bhatt and Kanav Puri have to say about doing ‘girlie’ things! Ugh!
-Agencies
Mumbai, July 07: There was a time Lara Dutta and Rhea Pillai were friends. Sources reveal that given the odd situation they are in, the two now refuse to acknowledge each other.
Ever since Lara and Mahesh Bhupathi started dating, things became even more awkward.
Everyone knows that Leander and Mahesh have fallen out, so Lee’s partner Rhea and Lara now have bigger reasons to stay away from each other.
At a recent event, both were almost on the verge of being in the same space, but their friends made sure they didn’t end up being uncomfortable.
-Agencies
Mumbai, July 07: On Saturday Ranbir Kapoor threw his first- ever bash at his bungalow Krishna Raj in Pali Hill.
It looks like childhood friend, director Siddharth Anand can make Ranbir Kapoor do things which no one else can. Otherwise Ranbir throwing a party, and that too at his home where not too many guests are allowed? No way!
Mumbai, July 07: Here’s a first look at the cast of Zoya Akhtar’s film in Spain.
Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Farhan Akhtar, Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin are in Spain shooting Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. The cast is filming most of the scenes in and around Madrid.
A few fans got a chance to get up close and personal with the actors and take pictures with them while they were shooting.
Recently the actors shot a scene depicting them having a mock fight with tomatoes on the streets of Spain. The scene is inspired by the annual La Tomatina event in Bunol near Valencia.
Mumbai, July 07: Bubbly actress Delnaz Paul, who is playing Kareena Kapoor’s close friend in the forthcoming movie “Milenge Milenge”, says during shooting the two clicked instantly and had a great time.
“Working with Kareena is one of my most cherished memories. She has been a darling. Sometimes you just click with certain people instantly and that’s what happened between Kareena and me,” Delnaz told in an interview.
Mumbai, July 07: After Salman Khan, it is the turn of Asin to face the wrath of politicos in Chennai. Asin has been criticised for shooting for Ready in Sri Lanka.
Apparently, certain politicians in Chennai are gambling on a recent decision by a filmmakers’ association that they will boycott films that are shot in Sri Lanka. And they are making it very clear that Asin has upset them by shooting in Sri Lanka for Ready with Salman Khan.
Mumbai, July 07: Shriya Saran who’s been linked with South sensation Rana Daggubatti (who will be seen in Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maro Dum) is holidaying in London without Rana, though!
Shriya, who is with her girl pals has been painting Oxford Street red.
The actress was in London a few months back shooting a Tamil film with another South star, Jamshed. Given that she was linked with him as well at that time, should we be calling this a professional hazard?
-Agencies
Hyderabad, July 07: By-elections to 12 Assembly seats in Telangana region on July 27 and the obvious power game in the ruling Congress party in Andhra Pradesh have risen the political temperature in the State.
Fuelling the atmosphere is a rebellious young MP from Kadapa, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who has virtually thrown a challenge at the Congress high command over the continuation of his “Odarpu Yatra” (tour to console people) from July 8.
Hyderabad, July 07: The TDP has released its final list of candidates for three Assembly byelections on July 27.
Former minister and film actor Babu Mohan will be its candidate for the Siddipet Assembly seat in Medak district while A Narasa Reddy will be the nominee for Nizamabad Urban.
For Vemulawada in Karimnagar district, the party will field G Venkateswara Rao.
The party has already announced its candidates for the other nine constituencies going to the polls.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, July 07: Tirumala temple head priests AV Ramana Dikshitu l u , A S N a r a s i m h a D i k s h i t u l u and AS Srinivasa Dikshitulu met Endowments minister G Venkat Reddy in his chamber in the Secretariat here today with a request for revival of the mirasidar system. The minister is learnt to have heard them without giving any assurance.
Hyderabad July 07: The Congress high command today released the third and final list by announcing the candidates for the remaining two constituencies–Korutla and Mancherial. The party renominated former minister J Ratnakar Rao for Korutla and Krishna Rao for Mancherial.
Ratnakar Rao had lost to K Vidyasagar Rao of the TRS by a margin of over 15,000 in the 2009 election. His renomination was stiffly opposed by former MLA K Ramulu.
–Agencies
New Delhi, July 07: Item girl and popular reality TV star Kashmera Shah is in love with Bhojpuri actor Krushna Abhishek but says there’s still time before they think of marriage.
“I am very much in love with him, but until now there are no plans to get married. We are happy with the relationship we share at the moment,” Kashmera told IANS over phone from Mumbai.
Vatican, July 07: The Vatican has made a number of changes to its canon law to thwart the threats it perceives posed by the sexual abuse crisis all over the world.
The changes, to be revealed within the next few days, would enshrine into ‘universal law’ exceptions granted in 2003 by late Pope John Paul II to a 2001 Vatican document governing abuse.
The “instructions” are also expected to extend the statute of limitations in which abuse victims can come forward and report their abuse 10 years after their 20th birthday rather than a decade after their 18th birthday.
Chandigarh, July 07: This is one idea that may not have struck even story writers in Bollywood. In her desperate bid to get Canadian immigration, a woman from Punjab conned a millionaire father as well as his son into marrying her.
But her plans seem to have gone awry with not only the NRI father-son duo but also the Chandigarh Police now looking for her.
Hyderabad, July 07: Chief minister K Rosaiah defended the decision to restrict the monsoon session of the Assembly to seven days. At an informal interaction with mediapersons at his chambers in the Assembly after the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting, he said since some opposition parties like the PRP and MIM were not keen on sitting for 10 days, it was to limit it for seven days. He said the two parties instead wanted longer business hours each day.
Hyderabad, July 07: A U.S. citizen was robbed and raped at knife point at her rented house in the upmarket Banjara Hills locality in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.
The 25-year-old woman is being treated at a nearby corporate hospital.
The U.S. citizen works for a non-profit charitable organisation and lives alone in the penthouse of an independent house on Road No 11 of Banjara Hills.
Dubai, July 07: Parrots are now taught to recite the Quran and perform prayers; a trend taking place in Saudi Arabia with big money to be made.
“Teaching parrots Quran is not new, it goes back to eight years ago when people started teaching parrots to sing, and then the trend to teach them Quran caught up,” said Abd Al Rahman al-Arwan, one of the amateurs raising parrots.
Hyderabad, July 07: Highlighting the injustice meted to the Telangana region in the last six decades in the fields of irrigation, industry, services and other sectors, Congress leaders from the region today told the Justice BN Srikrishna committee members that there would be a civil war if separate statehood for the region did not materialise.
After having day-long deliberations with the committee members they exuded confidence that the latter would recommend to the Centre in favour of Telangana state formation.
Jeddah, July 07: A group of young Saudis has strongly advocated polygamy as a way to end spinsterhood among women in the country.
They have launched a Facebook campaign called “We Want Them Four,” asking every capable Saudi man to marry four women to reduce the number of spinsters in the country.
There are no statistics on the number of unmarried women in Saudi Arabia, but their number is believed to be high due to the often-extortionate wedding costs.
Police solves murder mystery
Hyderabad, July 7 (Siasat News): A team of the task force, east zone on Tuesday, cracked the mystery behind the recent double murders of husband and wife G Gopal and Anjeneya Manga at a construction site in Nallakunta and arrested Narsimhulu, 35.
The police said that Narsimhulu was depressed because Manga, who he was intimate with, started to ignore him. This led him to kill the couple.
Doctor hurts in accidental firing
Mumbai, July 07: This is no new twist in their story, Kareena is very much with Saifu darling and Shahid is very much single. Shahid actually dressed up as a girl in the film Milenge Milenge, which is when for the first time their eyes meet.
The scene is such that, in the movie, Shahid tries to sneak in to girl hostel along with his friends on one of their friend’s girlfriend’s birthday. As boys are not allowed, they find easy way out and don girls’ attire. Shahid will appear in a short skirt and pink top in the film.
New Delhi,July 07 :A RAPE convict, who was released on the orders of the Delhi High Court after he cleared the civil service examination from jail, has not been responding to a notice issued to him on an appeal by the National Commission for Women ( NCW).
A public notice was published in two newspapers on behalf of the Supreme Court on December 8, 2009 but there was no representation on behalf of Ashok Rai alias Amit during the hearing on Monday.
The public notice had to be issued because notice could not be served as Rai’s house was found locked on two occasions.