Month: July 2010

CBI summons former Guj DGP for questioning in Sohrabuddin case

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Ahmedabad, July 29: CBI has summoned former Gujarat DGP P C Pandey for questioning in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing case.

The agency has called Pandey to appear before it on August 11, CBI officials said last night.

Pandey was DGP when the state CID was investigating the fake encounter case.

There have been allegations that some police officials of Gujarat had tried to influence the investigation into the incident.

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Last chance for Babri peace

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Lucknow, July 29: With the verdict on the Babri mosque title suit likely in September, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party are drawing up their strategies to garner Muslim support on the issue.

Both the parties are planning to hold state level Muslim conventions where they will detail the manner in which they have worked towards protecting the rights of the community.

Onerous Task Before T Champions

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Hyderabad, July 29: Now that the polling in the by-elections to the 12 Assembly constituencies is over, the champions of separate Telangana State — the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the political JAC, the Students’ JAC and other organisations — have a stupendous task before them to achieve the goal of separate State.

Sonam Is Made For Bollywood

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Mumbai, July 29: It’s a matter of pride that the chiseled beauty of Bollywood, Sonam Kapoor has become another eligible candidate who can seek role in Hollywood just from her naïve period.

But, she is a perfect Bollywood girl and has turned down the attractive offers.Recently, Sonam was offered a movie by Ben Stiller.

But she didn’t say a yes to him and made her way to the Bollywood. It is not a small task, as by rejecting one or two Tinsel Town offers, she could easily make it.

Main Hoon DON!

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Mumbai, July 29: Online company provides gamers a chance to be part of Mumbai’s underworld, launches new game on city’s crime underbelly

For once, being a ‘bhai’ will not get you into any kind of serious trouble.

As Mumbai’s fascination continues with the underworld, a gaming company has seen a great opportunity and developed a game, Mumbai Underworld, through which they hope to cash in the common man’s fantasy of being a part of the dark side.

All-party meeting a ‘disappointment’

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Hyderabad, July 29: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday expressed his disappointment at the ‘half-hearted’ response shown by Prime Minister Manmohan to the all-party delegation which had called on him on July 26.

Talking to media persons at his residence, the former chief minister said that neither the Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal nor any senior officials of the ministry were even present during the meeting.

Nagender confident of Cong win in by-polls

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Hyderabad, July 29: Health Minister Danam Nagender on Wednesday exuded confidence that the Congress party will capture the majority of the 12 Assembly constituencies for which voting was held on Tuesday.

Talking to media persons, Mr Nagender scoffed at the ‘survey’ conducted by Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal which said that the sitting MLAs would be re-elected.

CBI wants to question Narendra Modi

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Ahmedabad, July 29: The CBI team, which has sent former minister of state for home Amit Shah behind bars, is likely to seek permission from its headquarters soon to question CM Narendra Modi who is also holding the home portfolio.

Another special investigation team (SIT), which is probing the Gulbarg Society massacre of 2002, had questioned Modi for nine hours on March 27 this year.

Teacher doesn’t wear burqa, barred from class

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Kolkata, July 29: A teacher in West Bengal’s first Muslim university has not been able to hold her classes for the last three months after she rebelled against the tradition and decided not to wear burqa.

Though the guidelines at Aliah University in Kolkata do not stipulate that women teacher should wear burqa, the students’ union say the 24-year-old teacher, Sirin Middya, can teach but only in burqa.

Trisha Krishnan In A Fix

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Mumbai, July 29: Trisha Krishnan’s debut Bollywood film Khatta Meetha, co-starring Akshay Kumar and directed by Priyadarshan, didn’t fare as expected at the box-office. Even the critics found fault with her acting. Now Trisha is in a fix as she doesn’t know which to choose – Bollywood or south Indian movies. She even turned down a few offers to accommodate Khatta Meetha.

UP: Man kills father for ‘seducing his wife’

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Lucknow, July 29: A man allegedly stabbed his 50-plus father to death over the suspicion that his father was trying to seduce his wife.

Besides killing his father, the man also stabbed his mother and his brother when they tried to intervene, reported Times of India.

The incident reportedly took place on Monday, Jul 26 in Jyotibaphule Nagar in Uttar Pradesh under Amroha police station limits.

Quoting police, the newspaper reported on Wednesday, Jul 28 that Rishipal had reservation over the manner in which his father behaved with his wife.

Need to control Hindu terror groups: Yechury

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New Delhi, July 28: Warning against the growing network of Hindutva terror groups, Communist party of India-Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury Wednesday said the government and security agencies must take firm action against such groups.

“The government will have to take firm action against these groups which are promoting Hindutva terror,” Yechury said on the sidelines of a symposium on Hindutva terror groups organised by the Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust here.

CBI summons ex-Gujarat police chief P.C. Pande

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Gandhinagar, July 29: Former Gujarat director general of police P.C. Pande was Wednesday summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.

He has been told to appear before the CBI Aug 11, CBI sources said.

Pande was the Ahmedabad commissioner of police during the 2002 communal riots and was the state police chief when a bulk of the shootouts by the police, including the one in which Sheikh was killed, took place.

Pande was made chairman of the Gujarat Police Housing Corporation after his retirement.

Katrina Kaif’s Lookalike In Adult Videos

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Mumbai, July 29: A while ago we had posted a story that there had been adult videos involving Katrina Kaif spreading on the internet and through mobile phones.

Katrina Kaif was aware of the videos, denied any involvement in these videos and claimed that the girl in the video did not had any similar features like the bollywood actress herself.

We had just stumbled on a couple of videos in which the girl does seem to look like Katrina Kaif but it is definitely not Katrina Kaif.

Ash set to do cameo in Abhishek’s next

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MUmbai, July 29: Bollywood’s favourite couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan seem to be making every effort to spend as much time as possible with each other.After enthralling the audiences with their roles in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan, Abhishek and Aishwarya in fact want to do more movies and commercials together. The latest we hear is that Ash is planning to play a cameo in Rohan Sippy’s Dum Maro Dum.

Profiles of 100 mn Facebook users leaked online

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London, July 29: The personal details of 100 million users of social networking website Facebook are now available for download after they were leaked online.

Ron Bowles, an online security consultant, used a code to scan Facebook profiles, collected data not hidden by users’ privacy settings, and compiled a list, which is now available as a downloadable file, containing the URL of every “searchable” Facebook user’s profile, their name and unique ID, the BBC reported Thursday.

Obama not invited for Chelsea Clinton’s wedding

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Washington, July 29: Chelsea Clinton’s marriage Saturday is the hottest ticket in town, but President Barack Obama would have to give a miss to what is being called the Wedding of the Decade and of the Century as he hasn’t been invited.

He hasn’t received an invitation to the wedding of the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama announced on ABC’s “The View” Wednesday.

“I was not invited to the wedding because I think Hillary and Bill, properly, want to keep this thing for Chelsea and her soon-to-be husband,” the president said.

Women witnesses of Gujarat riots narrate harrowing experiences

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New Delhi, July 29: Tears roll down her cheeks as Farzana Bano Ayub Khan Pathan narrates how her family members, including her daughters, were brutally raped and murdered in front of her in the 2002 Gujarat violence.

She had at least hoped for a woman lawyer in a court of justice, but was not given one.

Similar is the case of Jannatbi Kalubhai Sheikh who witnessed the murder of a nine-month pregnant woman, Kauserbano, during the violence. Jannatbi, who is also testifying in cases related to the rape of four other women, finds the going tough in Gujarat courts.

Ex-cop ‘Radha’ told to pay Rs.15,000 maintenance to wife

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Lucknow, July 29: Former Uttar Pradesh inspector general of police D.K. Panda, who abandoned his wife after proclaiming himself to be a reincarnation of Lord Krishna’s childhood companion Radha, was told by a court Wednesday to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs.15,000 to his wife.

Dressed in a saree, adorned with jewellery, sporting thick vermillion on his parted hair and wearing bangles in both hands, the nearly six-feet-tall Panda Wednesday made every effort to appear a woman as he came to court.

Pakistan has to do more in fighting terror: US

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Washington, July 29: Endorsing British Prime Minister David Cameron’s call to Pakistan to stop ‘exporting’ terror, the US says Pakistan has made a strategic shift in the fight against terror, but more has to be done.

‘Well, we don’t want to see the export of terror by any country,’ State Department spokesman Phillip Crowley said Wednesday when asked to comment on Cameron’s warning to Pakistan during his trip to India.

This is a very good time for actors: Shabana Azmi

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Chandigarh, July 29: A whole lot of independent cinema and a variety of mediums have made this a very good time for actors of all ages, especially those looking for meaningful roles, says respected film and theatre artist Shabana Azmi.

“Earlier we only had films or theatre, but now we have so many mediums for an actor; it is in fact a very good time. Actors of all age groups are getting meaningful roles and a good audience. Earlier there were very few roles for actresses above the age of 30 years, but now the scenario has changed,” Shabana told IANS in an interview here.

CBI to grill Shah for second time today

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Ahemdabad, July 29: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s close aide and state’s Home Minister Amit Shah will Thursday face a second round of grilling by the CBI in connection with the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his wife, Kauser bi.in 2005.

In a dramatic twists to the case, Shah denied any knowledge or involvement in the Sohrabuddin case during interrogation by the CBI yesterday.

Builders paid Rs 70 lakh to Amit Shah: CBI

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New Delhi, July 29: The owners of Popular Builders paid Rs 70 lakh to former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah to avoid being booked under Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, said the chargesheet filed by CBI in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter killing case.

In December 2004, Gujarat police had stage managed a shoot-out at the office of Popular Builders owned by Raman Patel and Dashrat Patel, using close aides of Sohrabuddin with the purpose of lodging FIR against Sohrabuddin in Gujarat, the chargesheet said.

Jagan camp fires first salvo at CM, DS

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Hyderabad, July 29: Chief Minister K Rosaiah and Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas on Wednesday came under attack by staunch YSR district (formerly Kadapa) Member of Parliament YS Jaganmohan Reddy loyalists by hinting that the two leaders were not charismatic enough to pull voters to the polling booths.

A day after voting for by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in Telangana region were cast, the ‘Jagan Camp’ trained its guns on the senior party leadership in the state by saying that the only hope for the party rested with the young MP.

CM hails KBR’s services on birth anniversary

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Hyderabad, July 29: Paying rich tributes to former chief minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy on his 99th birth anniversary, Chief Minister K Rosaiah on Wednesday lauded the services rendered by the late leader to the state.

Mr Rosaiah garlanded a statue of the longest serving Congress chief minister at Banjara Hills and said that the state had seen massive infrastructural development under his seven-year reign as head of the government.