Month: July 2010

Aamer excited for more success

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Islamabad, July 26: Pakistan’s teenage bowling sensation Mohammad Aamer described his stunning Headingley display against Australia as “just a beginning”, saying he had a long way to go at international level.

The 18-year-old took 11 wickets in the two Tests against Australia—including three for 20 and four for 86 in Pakistan’s three-wicket second Test win over Australia completed at Headingley on Saturday.

“It’s a dream come true because I had always wanted to do well against Australia,” left-arm seamer Aamer told AFP after being named Pakistan’s man-of-the-match.

Salman: Deepika Padukone Keen to Work With Him

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Mumbai, July 26: Having worked with Shah Rukh Khan in her debut film Om Shanti Om and with Akshay Kumar in the recent box office success Housefull, Deepika Padukone has her eyes set on Salman Khan.

Salman and Deepika featured in the 2009 box office dud Main Aur Mrs Khanna, but Deepika had just a short cameo in the film.

There were rumors that Salman and Deepika would co-star in Kick remake but Deepika clarifies that “those were just rumors.”

“But I’m looking forward to the day I work with him,” adds Deepika.

Show rule that makes women ineligible for army: apex court

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New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court Monday asked the defence ministry to produce the Army Act notification that makes women ineligible for permanent commission in the regular army.

When the apex court bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra said that Section 12 of the Army Act, 1950 was in breach of Article 14 of the constitution, Additional Solicitor General Parag Tripathi said the provision was protected by Article 33 of the constitution.

The court then asked the additional solicitor general to produce notification under Section 12 of the Army Act.
–IANS

UDF, Muslim outfits blast Achuthanandan’s comment

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Thiruvananthapuram, July 26: Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan incurred the ire of Muslim organisations and political parties for stating that radical outfit Popular Front wanted to turn the state into a Muslim-majority through their communal and divisive activities.

Regardless of their political differences, almost all Muslim organisations, including the mainstream party Indian Union Muslim League, dubbed Achuthanandan’s statement as “dangerous” and meant to “insulting the entire community.”

Cern scientists plan new atom collider

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Beijing, July 26: Scientists behind the European atom smasher aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe want to build an even bigger machine with partners and funds from around the world.

Scientists from CERN – the European Organisation for Nuclear Research – a particle physics laboratory outside Geneva, Switzerland, will spell out their ambitions at a conference in Paris today.

They are reaching out to China, India and Russia to help fund the next £8.5 billion step of the project, according to Guy Wormser, a leading particle physicist and one of the conference organisers.

Muslims Denied Ramadan?

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Washington, July 26: Muslim workers seek religious accommodation for food to break fast.

The Council on American-Islamic Relation’s Minnesota chapter (CAIR-MN) today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to contact Swedish appliance manufacturer Electrolux to ask that the company grant legally-mandated religious accommodation to Muslim employees at its St. Cloud, Minn., plant during the upcoming Ramadan fast.

BP CEO to get US$18m

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London, July 26: BP CHIEF Executive Tony Hayward will collect a pay and pension package worth at least 11.8 million pounds (S$24.9 million) when he steps down from his role at the company, media reported.

The Times said Mr Hayward will be giving up 546,000 share options and a maximum of 2 million shares in the company under a long-term incentive plan, now worth an estimated 8 million pounds.

A BP spokesman dismissed the report as ‘rumours,’ adding that Mr Hayward remained chief executive and had full support of the board.

Naidu outwitted by Maharashtra to make him leave

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Nanded (Maharashtra), July 26: The Maharashtra government induced Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader N. Chandrababu Naidu and his colleagues to leave the state by claiming to withdraw all cases slapped against them. It now appears only minor cases were withdrawn.

Although Naidu and company finally left – reluctantly and amid a lot of drama – for Hyderabad in a special aircraft from Aurangabad, around 450 km from here, the drama will continue to haunt them for long.

TRS ahead as campaigning ends for by-polls in Telangana

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Hyderabad, July 26: Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) appears to be ahead of its rivals as campaigning came to an end Sunday for by-elections to 12 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh’s Telangana region scheduled for Tuesday.

Leaders and candidates of the three major parties conducted road shows and door to door campaign in a last minute bid to woo the voters.

Israeli warplanes strike Gaza tunnels, no casualties

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Gaza, July 26: Israeli planes fired missiles at two smuggling tunnels near the Gaza Strip border with Egypt early Monday, causing damage but no casualties, officials from the Hamas-run security forces said.

The Israeli army had no immediate comment. Israel has frequently targeted the tunnels in retaliation for rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave.

The impoverished territory of 1.5 million people has largely relied on the vast network of tunnels on the border since Israel and Egypt sealed Gaza off to all but vital aid in 2006 after militants captured an Israeli soldier.

‘Right to education act will not interfere with madrasas’

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Lucknow, July 26: The right to education act will not interfere with madrasas, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal asserted Sunday.

Replying to questions during a media interaction at the end of a function at the B.R. Ambedkar University here, Sibal said: “It is a misnomer that we have any intention of interfering with the madrasa education”.

‘ISI had free hand to aid insurgency in India, Afghanistan’

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Washington, July 26: For years Pakistan’s spy service ISI was actually aiding the Afghan insurgency with a wing operating against Afghanistan and India having a free hand to do so, according to what is being touted as the “biggest leak in intelligence history”.

Called “The War Logs”, 92,201 secret US military documents spanning six years of the war in Afghanistan present the military’s own raw data on the war, including numbers killed, casualties, threat reports and the like, according to whistle blower website WikiLeaks.org founder Julian Assange.

Former Goa minister Pacheco gets bail in Nadia death case

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Panaji, July 26: Former Goa Tourism Minister Micky Pacheco was today granted bail by a local court in connection with the Nadia Torrado death case. Margao District and Sessions Judge B P Deshpande granted bail to Pacheco, who was admitted to a hospital here last evening after he complained of chest pain, on a Rs 25,000 bond and surety of an equal amount.

US-led helicopter crashes in Kabul

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Kabul, July 26: A US-led helicopter has crashed inside the headquarters of the Afghan army in the Afghan capital, Kabul, with no casualties reported.

The copter reportedly crashed Monday morning due to technical problems, a Media Correspondent reported.

The Afghan official sources or the US-led forces based in the country have not yet commented on the incident.

——Agencies

No lies about age: Penelope Cruz

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London, July 26: Spanish actress Penelope Cruz is happy getting old and says she would never “lie” about her age.

“I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it – women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn,” she said.

The actress doesn’t want to give into the pressure in Hollywood of having surgery to stay looking young and is inspired by her grandparents’ attitude to old age, reports contactmusic.com.

Everything you wanted to know about Jwala and Azhar!

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Mumbai, July 26: At 26, Jwala Gutta has won the National Badminton Doubles Championship seven times. She holds an Arjuna Award and has won the National Badminton Championship three times.

From Friday, Jwala Gutta, recently hailed as a potential world-beater, has been in the news for the being the ‘other’ woman in Mohammad Azarhuddin’s life.

Azhar denies divorce with Sangeeta

Jwala Gutta’s exotic background is what makes her unique. Here’s what Mid-day said about her last year:

Arrest warrants against Bangladesh Islamists

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Dhaka, July 26: A tribunal Monday issued arrest warrants against four top Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leaders on charges of committing “war crimes” during the 1971 liberation movement.

The four, who are the top brass of the country’s largest Islamist party, are arraigned for committing genocide, murder, rape, torture, loot, arson and targeting unarmed civilians during the movement that led to separation from Pakistan.

Mumbai blasts: Final hearings in January

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New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court on Monday decided to appeal proceedings against the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convicts from January 11, 2011.

A bench of Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan also issued notices to the convicts on the CBI’s appeal seeking enhancement of punishment for them.

The bench, however, inquired from Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium as to why there was a delay of 880 days in filing the appeal for enhancement of punishment.

Explosion rocks Baghdad’s Green Zone

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Baghdad, July 26: A bomb has exploded near the prime minister’s office in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone as the Iraqi capital witnesses a rise in deadly violence.

The incident occurred when a bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle on Monday morning, leaving at least five people wounded, AFP reported.

The blast comes a day after a string of bomb attacks across Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul killed nine people and wounded at least 24 others, security officials said.

US to fund Israel’s Arrow 3 missiles

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Washington, July 26: The United States has agreed to fund Israel’s new anti-missile system while discussion is underway on Israeli plans to purchase US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets.

The Israeli defense ministry and the US Missile Defense Agency signed an agreement on Sunday under which Tel Aviv will receive full funding for the development and production of Arrow 3 ballistic missile system, Haaretz reported.

In May 2009, US President Barack Obama’s administration pledged Washington’s would continue support for the Arrow project, as it had done since its launch over 20 years ago.

Muslim jailed for spitting at Israeli police

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Occupied Jerusalem, July 26: Muslim leader Sheikh Raed Salah on Sunday began serving five months behind bars after being convicted of spitting at an Israeli policeman during a protest in east Jerusalem.

Around 200 supporters of the Israeli Arab leader accompanied him to a prison in Ramla near Tel Aviv, waving the movement’s green flag as well as Palestinian flags, an AFP reporter said.

Kangana turns Anarkali on the ramp

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Mumbai, July 26: Recently, Kangana Ranaut walked the fashion ramp for designer J. J. Valaya. She donned a beautiful red bridal lehenga-choli and looked like an Indian bride in it.

According to Kangana, she was so thrilled to see herself in the gorgeous dress that she told JJ to design for her when it’s time for her to get married. She also praised JJ’s designs and said that they had extreme grace and intricate detailing. According to her, in case a contemporary version of the Bollwyood classic, Mughal-e-Azam is made, then Anarkali, a pivotal character, should wear what Kangana donned.

Did Abu Salem plan his own attack?

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Mumbai, July 26: Underworld abuzz with theory that jail ‘attack’ was planned by Abu Salem himself, as extradition treaty assures that he will be safe in India, failing which he can be sent back to Portugal.

Hours after the scuffle in Arthur Road jail on Saturday morning, the underworld was abuzz with the theory that the attack could have been orchestrated by Abu Salem himself for his safe return to Portugal.

Salem was deported from a jail in Lisbon to Mumbai in 2005 only after the Government of India gave an assurance that his life would be safe in the country.

Salman Khan lost out on his hot body

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Mumbai, July 26: Salman Khan is known for his physique and youth look upto him as an idol. Celebs put lot of efforts for any role they chose.

He will be seen soon in Dabbang in his brother’s home production. He will be playing a role of Bihari Cop and the cops in Bihar are not that fit enough. According to the sources, Salman was told to lose his six-pack abs.

Salman Khan went on a different diet and had to give up exercise. Hope Dabbang to achieve great success so Salman won’t feel the pain!

——-Agencies

Mani slams PCB over security ”delay”

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Leeds, July 26: A Pakistani who was once world cricket’s top administrator has accused the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of dragging its feet in the bid to restore international matches to the country.
Pakistan became a no-go area for cricket’s leading nations after an armed attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore in March last year killed eight people, as well as injuring seven Sri Lankan players and their assistant coach.