Cairo, July 07: Nasr Abu Zayd, an Egyptian scholar who was declared an apostate for challenging mainstream Muslim views on the Quran, died here on Monday. He was 66.
The official Egyptian news agency, MENA, said he died at a hospital where he was being treated for an unidentified illness.
Beverly Hills, July 07: Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail after a Beverly Hills judge ruled that she had violated her probation by missing a string of alcohol education classes imposed for a 2007 drunken driving arrest.
Section 377Beverly Hills superior court judge Marsha Revel ordered the Mean Girls film star to report for jail on July 20.
She also ordered Lohan to attend a 90-day residential substance abuse programme once she has completed her sentence.
Cuddalore, July 07: Tension gripped the Government General Hospital here when a middle-aged man came for treatment with a snake that bit him, today.
Police said the man, S Palani (45), was working in a paddy field at Thottithoppu village, about 25 km from here, under the Centrally-sponsored Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana scheme, when a venomous rat snake bit him.
Braving the bite, the man mustered enough courage and caught hold of the snake, even as locals called up Tamil Nadu Government’s “108 Ambulance” service for emergency treatment.
Washington, July 07: Charles Bolden, a retired United States Marines Corps major-general and former astronaut, said in an interview with al-Jazeera that Nasa was not only a space exploration agency but also an “Earth improvement agency”.
Mr Bolden said: “When I became the Nasa administrator, he [Mr Obama] charged me with three things.
Chhatarpur, July 07: In a case of honour killing, a teenaged girl was shot dead here today allegedly by her father for eloping with a married man from another caste, police said.
Munna Yadav, who belongs to OBC community, was angry at his daughter Kalpana (15) after she had eloped last month with a married man named Santlal Kewat, also an OBC but from a different caste, they said.
Yadav, residing at Simra town near here, had brought back his daughter from Kewat’s place yesterday, police said.
This morning, there was a heated argument between Yadav
Dubai, July 07: Dubai airports will not use hi-tech full-body scanners because they “contradict Islam” and violate passengers’ privacy, according to reports even though the scanners can detect terrorist threats like those posed by the Christmas Day bomber.
Neither of Dubai’s two airports will use the scanners “out of respect for the privacy of individuals and their personal freedom,” the head of airport security for the emirate told.
Gaza, July 07: The Palestinian Authority (PA) says further progress in indirect negotiations is needed before direct peace talks with the Israelis could start.
Acting PA chief Mahmoud Abbas “insists on the necessity of progress in indirect negotiations on core issues (borders, security) before going to direct negotiations,” his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina told AFP on Tuesday.
“The Palestinian leadership awaits answers on borders and security in order to know if it should undertake direct talks,” he added.
Mumbai, July 07: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan immortalized the character of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the 1990’s movie Agneepath. After two decades, filmmaker Karan Johar is going to revive the character with today’s superstar Hrithik Roshan.
Although, it was a dream of Big B’s son actor Abhishek Bachchan to play the role but he was not even offered. Hrithik is supposed to be Karan’s first choice to play this role, where he will be seen playing an international gangster. This role of “Dina Nath’ earned a national award for Big B.
Hyderabad, July 07: The national BJP leader, Mr Nallu Indrasena Reddy, has demanded that the Chief Minister, Mr K Rosaiah, tender an unconditional apology to the nation for showing disrespect to the President, Ms Pratibha Bharati, and the Governor, Mr E S L Narasimhan, in the invitation cards printed for the 500th anniversary celebrations of Coronation of Srikrishna Devaraya.
Amstelveen, July 07: Ireland survives Scotland scare as the Netherlands defeats Canada; Kevin O’Brien becomes second Irishman to complete 1,000 ODI runs
Afghanistan proved to be a team with nerves of steel as it defeated Kenya by one wicket off the last ball in a third round thriller of the ICC World Cricket League Division 1 in Amstelveen on Monday.
Chasing 234 runs for victory at the VRA ground in its first-ever ODI against the 2007 champion, Afghanistan was down and out when it was reduced to 134-6 in 31 overs, needing another 100 runs from 19 overs.
Washington, July 07: The meeting between United States President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday was as much aimed at getting the peace process back on track as it was at putting a fresh public face on the relationship.
Months after Mr. Netanyahu’s chilly reception at the White House, where Mr. Obama left the Israel leader and his aides alone for hours to signal his displeasure of plans to build on East Jerusalem land claimed by the Palestinians, the two men sought to dismiss the notion a rift had opened between them.
Islamabad, July 07: A Pakistani man approached CIA officers in Islamabad last year, offering to give up secrets of his country’s closely guarded nuclear program. To prove he was a trustworthy source, he claimed he had spent nuclear fuel rods.
But the CIA had its doubts. Before long, the suspicious officers had concluded that Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, was trying to run a double agent against them.
Hyderabad, July 07: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) last night announced its final list of candidates for three Assembly seats for the July 27 bypolls in Telangana region.
Party President N Chandrababu Naidu announced the list late tonight. He had announced the list of nine candidates two days ago.
Former Minister and film actor M Babu Mohan has been chosen as the TDP candidate for Siddipet constituency in Medak district. He will take on TRS’ T Harish Rao.
Bundi (Raj) July 07: Workers of Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal today staged a protest and tried to block a Congress leader who along with his supporters was entering a court to attend the hearing of a defamation case filed against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The case was filed on July 3 by Youth Congress state Secretary Charmesh Sharma at the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, accusing Modi of making derogatory remarks against the country’s first prime minister Jahawarlal Nehru.
New Delhi, July 07: Assaulted by her drug-addict husband, abused by her in-laws, Parveen (28) finally decided to give up on her marriage, after enduring the torture for ten long years. Parveen married Mohammad Nasir (32), the son of Mohammad Islamuddin (52), a Delhi police sub-inspector, in 2000. After sometime, she realised her husband was an alcoholic; on objecting to it she was beaten up.
Hyderabad, July 07: The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday demanded that the government extend jurisdiction of the bus services under the Andhra Pradesh Road Transport Corporation and also increase the number of bus depots in the rapidly expanding city.
Talking to media persons, BJP state unit vice-president Malla Reddy said that the public, especially students, were facing a torrid time due to the residential colonies spreading further and further away.
Kakinada, July 07: Union Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju on Tuesday urged members of the Muslim community to come forward and better their lives by availing the various welfare schemes initiated by the Central and State government for their benefit.
Mr Raju also said that Muslims should strive for progress in the education sector and thus contribute to nation building.
The Union Minister of State for Defence was addressing the gathering at a function organised by members of the Muslim community to felicitate him at the ‘Mecca Madina Shadikhana’.
Hyderabad, July 07: Lok Satta Party president Jayaprakash Narayan today appealed to all political parties and civic organizations to join hands and save the State from the impending liquor catastrophe.
Successive Governments have already succeeded in devastating the health and finances of 75 lakh families or nearly 3.5 crore people. The Excise Year which began on July 1, 2010 threatens to unveil a still darker chapter in the State’s history, he warned quoting facts and figures.
Hyderabad, July 07: Actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi on Tuesday described the time of the Assembly spent on discussions and then not implementing the results of those discussions on the ground was a ‘time waste and a disgrace’.
The Praja Rajyam Party chief said that he had been observing the happenings in the Assembly since the last 14 months and was dismayed that public issues were discussed threadbare but nothing was done about solving those issues.
He said that the time of the Assembly was wasted if the discussions did not result in concrete results on the ground.
Hyderabad, July 07: Senior Congress leader Palvai Govardhan on Tuesday advised Kadapa Member of Parliament YS Jaganmohan Reddy from going ahead with the Odarpu Yatra.
Urging him not to defy the High Command’s directive, Mr Govardhan said that the Kadapa MP had a very bright political future ahead of him.
Talking to media persons, the MLC said that he was advising the young MP as a senior figure. He said that Mr Jaganmohan Reddy should not act in haste and said that he has time on his side.
Jaipur, July 07: The plane of a private airlines was damaged after a bird hit it during landing at the Sanganer airport here this afternoon.
Pilots managed safe landing, airport sources said.
The plane which brought 130 passengers from Ahmedabad, was set to land at the airport here this afternoon when a bird hit one of its wings.
The accident caused damage to the plane, however, nobody was hurt as pilots managed safe landing.
The airlines,later, arranged train to take passengers to Ahmedabad on the return flight.
——-Agencies
Paris, July 07: The French parliament late Tuesday began debating a proposed law to ban veiling of faces in public, a controversial move aimed mainly at traditional dress worn by some Muslim women.
If the bill becomes law, any woman wearing the face veil in public would be liable to a fine of 150 euros ($184), or be obliged to take a class in citizenship, or both.
In addition, anyone forcing someone to conceal her face because of her gender would face a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of up to 30,000 euros.
New Delhi, July 07: A two-day bandh has been called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) to protest the killing of their spokesperson Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad by the police in Andhra Pradesh.
The Centre has asked all Naxal-hit states to take all precautionary steps to thwart any attempt of violence during the bandh.
It has also asked the Indian Railways to take all possible measures to protect its properties and passengers during the 48 hour bandh called by the CPI(Maoists) beginning today.
New Delhi, July 07: Congress councillors in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Tuesday demanded that the civic body be dissolved, alleging that it was under a severe economic crunch due to mismanagement by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Addressing Congress councillors staging a protest outside MCD’s Town Hall office, Leader of Opposition in the MCD Jai Kishan Sharma alleged that the corporation was on the verge of bankruptcy due to faulty policies.
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 IANS in an interview.