Mumbai, July 29: The Tata Group Thursday appointed Noel N. Tata the managing director (MD) of Tata Internatinal. He will be based in Mumbai.
Noel Tata has stepped down as the MD of retail chain Trent where he will continue as its non-executive vice-chairman, said a company spokesperson.
Tata International Limited is engaged in a wide range of businesses and trading of a variety of products like minerals, steel, ferro alloys and engineering products.
New Delhi, July 29: Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday expressed confidence that the Maoist insurgency would be curbed in three years with a two-pronged strategy of accelerated development and calibrated police action.
Chidambaram, addressing a meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee for the home ministry, stressed that the “primary role and responsibility” to fight Left-wing extremism lay with the state governments.
New Delhi, July 29: Air India and Jet Airways have lost Rs.127 crore due to strikes by their employees since last year, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said in the Lok Sabha Thursday.
“Estimated loss suffered by National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL) on account of these strikes was around Rs.77 crore,” Patel informed the Lok Sabha.
In May this year, two unions of the erstwhile Indian Airlines, All India Aircraft Engineers’ Association (AIAEA) and Air Corporations Employees’ Union (ACEU), had gone on a flash strike.
Hyderabad, July 29: Counting of votes in the by-elections to 12 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh’s Telangana region will be taken up Friday.
The state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) I.V. Subba Rao said all arrangements were made for counting of votes, which will start 8 a.m. The first result is expected by 11 am.
Since polling in five of the 12 constituencies were held through ballot papers, the last result is expected by 6 p.m. The results from seven constituencies, where electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used, are likely to be announced in the initial two to three hours.
Mumbai, July 29: In recent news, Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has become a script writer. She, however, didn’t have to search a lot so as to find the subject-matter for her script.
She recently revealed that she always had a thing for writing. She always liked writing, since her diary writing days.
Mumbai, July 29: Sonakshi Sinha who is debuting with Dabanng opposite Salman Khan is facing weird comment these days on her micro-blogging site, all because of the film.
Sonakshi has a dialogue in the film that says, “Thappad se nahi, pyaar se dar lagta hai”, is getting a dose of her own medicine on Twitter. Some of her fans who follow her on Twitter are forcing her to reply them back. Shockingly, they have a condition that if the actress doesn’t she would get a thappad in return.
Hyderabad, July 29: Even as the trial in Satyam Computers was put off to July 29, former Satyam chairman B Ramalinga Raju moved his bail application in the AP High Court on Tuesday, saying that he was a law-abiding citizen and it was he who had voluntarily surrendered to the police and that he was cooperating with the investigating agencies in all respects.
The trial was to begin on Monday, but it was again put off as the accused set up legal obstacles following dismissal of one of their applications by the trial court.
New Delhi, July 29: Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar smashed career’s fifth double ton in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Tendulkar faced 338 deliveries and smashed 23 boundaries and a six to complete his double century.
Every time a ball faces Sachin it enters record book. The ‘God of Cricket’ is still roaring and roaring quite loud in every match. Even his performance is improving day by day with the growing age.
Mumbai, July 29: Tell it coincidence or luck, Shahrukh Khan is becoming the friendship Khan of Bollywood. Earlier he was in news for extending hand of friendship to Shiv Sena by wishing Uddav Thackeray on his birthday, in a unique style. Now, it is about his friendship with his long time competitor Aamir Khan.
Mumbai, July 29: Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley have joined the bandwagon of celebrities like John Abraham whose digital presence is being created and managed by UTV New Media, the digital arm of UTV group.
John Abraham was the first personality to be roped in by UTV for creating websites, video and audio blogs and mobile applications. Now, Lara and Celina are the latest entrants in their list.
Besides, these two lovely ladies, Rima Sen, Riya Sen, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza also have inked the deal with UTV.
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New Delhi, July 29: Terming former Gujarat minister Amit Shah a chick, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Thursday dared the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest the broiler – Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
“Amit Shah is just a ‘chuza’ (chick), the broiler is still to be arrested,” Lalu Prasad told reporters outside parliament.
Shah, Gujarat’s former minister of state for home, has been arrested for the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.
Bangalore, July 29: The pentavalent or the five-in-one vaccine that has been recommended in India by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization actually killed children in Sri Lanka and Bhutan, warns an article in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Washington, July 29: A mystery man who goes by the name of “Robin Hood” gambles in Las Vegas casinos gives his winnings to poor families, saying it was “satisfying knowing I have perhaps changed their lives”.
Along with his girlfriend – a Brazilian model who calls herself “Lady Greice” – Robin has set up a website inviting people to send in their hard-luck stories and apply for up to 30,000 pounds, the Daily Mail reported.
New Delhi, July 29: Eminent criminal lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi will appear for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case in which former Gujarat minister Amit Shah has been arrested, a government source said Thursday.
“The CBI decided to field Tulsi and an ASG (additional solicitor general) as noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani is providing legal assistance to Shah,” said a government source on condition of anonymity.
New York, July 29: Mobile phones are encrusted with considerably more living bacteria than the flusher handle in a public bathroom.
This was the finding of the British consumer group Which? after testing 30 cell phones for environmental bacteria. Seven of the phones had bacterial levels that exceeded those recommended by health authorities. One was so infested it could give anyone who used it an upset stomach.
Mumbai, July 29: Kylie has expressed that she loves both her husband and she would love to have both of them.
She has an unconventional arrangement with the Sister’s Jake shears, stylist William Baker and Spanish lover Andres Velencoso.
Finally he concluded by saying that she adores Jake and her straight husband has to get along with the gay husband.
Wow, Kylie big dreams!
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Mumbai, July 29: Bollywood’s latest female style icon, Sonam Kapoor seems to have fallen a victim of fashion.
In a recent promotional event for her upcoming movie Aisha, Sonam nearly had a wardrobe malfunction.
The pretty actress perhaps never paid heed as to what girth her pants needed to be and she also looked to have lost more weight.
So, what happened next was more or less inevitable.
Her pants kept slipping off repeatitively and she was busy pulling up her slipper pantaloons everytime it slipped off.
Mumbai, July 29: After a leading brand discontinued their contract with hrithik, Ranbir was the first person who will be now shooting in foreign locations for the brands.
Ranbir has mass appeal and his charms can be felt globally so the brand has pumped in more money.
Even a political film earned more money as Katrina and Ranbir is hot and and they appeal globally.
Ranbir is the new kid on the block, sidelining Hrithik.
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Mumbai, July 29: Earlier there were reports that Sanjay had kidnapped Manyata and Mehraj’s son. the Mumbai Police on Wednesday has said that all allegations against Sanju is false and baseless.
Manyata declared that she had married Mehraj in 2003, but left him as she knew that he was a conman.
Dutt also said that he didnt threaten Mehraj and told that he was not even in town.
Mehraj had written a letter in which he alleged that Sanju’s underworld friends had kidnapped his son. At least 15 cases are lodged at various places against Mehraj.
Mumbai, July 29: Presently, Piggy Chops is shooting in Bangkok the promotional video of Khatron Ke Khiladi level 3 (Fear Factor) seemingly has not gotten over her bikini vacations.
She reminisces that apart from the mishap that happened when she dropped her phone in the water and couldn’t receive any of the birthday greetings, she had all the fun time.
Like she had told earlier before she was generally not recognized. But even if she was she didn’t mind. As she believes that being recognized is part and parcel of what she does.
New Delhi, July 29: The central government has not received any request from Kerala on banning radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Thursday.
“I’ve not got anything,” Chidambaram told IANS outside parliament, when asked whether the state government had requested the central government to ban the PFI.
Suspected activists of the outfit chopped the hand of a Kerala lecturer earlier this month for preparing an “inflammatory” question paper with references to Prophet Mohammed.
Mumbai, July 29: If the show reel of Action Replayy is anything to go by, it will be director Vipul Shah who will be the winner.
The film is based on his own super-hit Gujarati stage play with the similar story line.
It is some 7-8 years that Vipul thought of making a film on his stage-play and that’s how Action Replayy came out. However, few know that when Salman Khan heard the script from Vipul, he expressed a desire to work in the film. But that was years ago and both Salman and Vipul forgot it.
Mumbai, July 29: They say one man’s loss is another man’s gain. Same goes true for the two lovely ladies in Bollywood. No sooner did Vidya Balan back out from the sequel of Dhamaal that Mallika Sherawat gave a nod to the film.
If sources are to be believed, Indra Kumar could negotiate with Vidya at one point of time.But when Vidya demanded for an exorbidant price, Kumar had no option but to replace her. And the next actress was Mallika who soon after being approached agreed to do the role on a price which sounded fine to both.
Mumbai, July 29: Deepika Padukone has kissed Saif Ali Khan on screen. But her new co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh was a virgin kisser on camera when it happened last week. Neil had no choice but to succumb to a torrid kissing sequence with Deepika.
Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh have one thing in common. They both follow a no-kiss clause. Katrina broke her selfimposed bow of smooch-celibacy in New York.
Islamabad, July 29: Only 58 bodies of the 152 killed when an Airbus A-321 crashed in the Margalla Hills near this Pakistani capital have been identified, officials said Thursday, adding that DNA tests would be carried out on the others.
The bodies that could be identified have been handed over to family members, Geo News reported Thursday, when Pakistan observed a day of mourning for those killed in the country’s worst aviation disaster.