Mumbai, August 08: Why Katrina Kaif has chosen to walk out of the much-talked-about The Italian Job is a mystery. After months of speculation, the actress quit Abbas-Mustan’s Bollywood remake of F.
Gary Gray’s 2003 original. Katrina has cited date problems for walking out of the film. Recently.
She signed a new project with Yash Raj Films. Simultaneously. When Dostana 2 was postponed to December, her original dates for the film had to be changed.
Hyderabad, August 08: In a shocking incident, the staff of a lodge discovered the body of the Principal of a B Tech college was discovered near the Central Bus Station, Afzalgunj on Saturday.
According to police, P Janakaiah (35) was the Principal of SRK B Tech College in Narayanapet in Mahabubnagar district.
Mr Janakaiah had come to Hyderabad on some official work on Thursday morning and booked a room in Sri Krishna Lodge opposite the CBS in Gowliguda.
Bhadrachalam, August 08: The heavy rains which have lashed Khammam district during the past few days have led to Disaster Management authorities raising the danger signal to Level-3.
According to reports coming in, the heavy inflows in the Srisailam Project have forced authorities to lift the crest gates, leading to outflows rushing in the Godavari River.
Officials have alerted downstream areas to be on alert over possible flooding in residential areas.
England, August 08: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari addressed a rally in Britain for his political party on Saturday, ending a visit he was criticized for making while millions struggled with devastating floods at home.
Protesters outside the rally shouted “Go Zardari, Go,” while witnesses said that inside an old man tried to throw a shoe at the president before being hustled away by security guards.
Hyderabad, August 08: Minority Welfare Minister Ahmedullah Syed on Saturday inspected the arrangements in the Historic Makkah Masjid prior to the advent of the Holy Month of Ramzaan.
As soon the Minister made his way inside the Masjid premises, the worshippers complained that the condition of the biggest mosque in south India was pathetic to say the least. The worshippers complained that the negligence of the caretakers reflected in the condition of the hooks of the massive chandeliers to the lavatories.
Tirupati, August 08: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu said that his party will fight until Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams gets ‘cleansed’ of all irregularities and stated that it is the government’s responsibility to keep the holy place pure and free from any illegal activities.
Talking to media persons before he embarked on his ‘padayatra’ from Lilamahal Centre to pressurize the government to act against the irregularities in the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam’s Trust Board, Mr Naidu said that all those accused of irregularities should be suspended immediately.
Hyderabad, August 08: Health officials on Saturday confirmed that seven of the 17 nursing students admitted to Gandhi Hospital were afflicted with swine flu.
The blood samples were sent to the Erragadda Chest Hospital after the students showed symptoms of the dreaded disease on August 5.
Gandhi Hospital doctors confirmed that news that seven nursing students had indeed tested positive for the infection on receiving the reports.
Three of the nursing students are stated to be in a serious condition.
Mumbai, August 08: A young woman who is perhaps the best in the business when it comes to comedy and can also sizzle on screen in the best of the designer outfits.
Now that’s Lara Dutta for you, an Ex-Miss Universe, who is currently in seventh year of her professional career and is all positive about playing.
A long innings for years to come. What makes Lara confident about this continued run? Well, her ‘mantra’ of constantly reinventing herself.
Mumbai, August 08: Actor Neha Dhupia and professional squash player Ritwik Bhattacharya seem to have given up on their on and off relationship. Till a few months back, Neha, when quizzed about her relationship status would say that she is not in one, ‘at the moment’, leaving enough room for people to assume that there was scope for the couple to get back together.
Darbhanga, August 08: A Bihar court summoned MNS chief Raj Thackeray for clarifying his position in connection with a complaint against the latter’s alleged provocative statement against migrants from northern India in 2008.
Darbhanga district Judge Sushil Kumar ordered the issue of summon to Thackeray, asking him to present his side in the court by September 3.
“Thackeray can appear in the court in person or through his lawyer to explain the position,” Kumar ordered.
New York, August 08: A 75-year-old woman stabbed her husband, 80, to death in a fit of rage in Monroe town in New Jersey, police said.
Ruth Zucker was charged with the murder of her dentist husband, Harvey Zucker, in the living room of their home in a retirement community in Monroe, the New York Post reported.
The body, which had multiple stab wounds, was found when their 46-year-old son, Scott, went to visit. Zucker herself was covered with blood and a knife was recovered, the Middlesex county prosecutor’s office said.
London, August 08: A Briton who was among eight foreign medical aid workers shot dead in Afghanistan was a 36-year-old female doctor, an organisation she had been working with said Saturday.
Dr Karen Woo, who British media reported was due to get married in two weeks, is believed to have been part of a group which had been delivering aid and medical care in the northeastern province of Badakhshan.
She is thought to have quit her job with a private healthcare firm in London so she could work in Afghanistan.
Los Angeles, August 08: It’s not always the case when attractive women are favoured by bosses. Beauty has an ugly side too, at least for some women who look for jobs considered “masculine” by society.
Attractive women were discriminated against when applying for jobs considered “masculine”, and for which appearance was not seen as important to the job, according to a study conducted by the University of Colorado’s Denver Business School.
Jerusalem, August 08: Two Israeli aircraft have violated Lebanese airspace, breaking the sound barrier over several villages in the eastern part of the country.
The Lebanese Armed Forces issued a statement on Saturday saying that an Israeli fighter jet together with a reconnaissance plane crossed into Lebanese airspace on Friday at 6:00 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) and hovered over the eastern town of Baalbek, situated approximately 86 km (54 miles) northeast of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Israeli aircraft left Lebanese airspace at 10 p.m. local time (1900 GMT).
Kabul, August 08: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called on the United States and its allies to stop supporting private security companies, saying the activities of these firms aggravate the country’s problems.
Karzai made the remarks in Kabul on Saturday during a visit to the Afghan Civil Service Institute, which is training thousands of civil servants in the capital and across the nation to bolster the capacity of the Afghan government, AP reported.
Ankara, August 08: Three Turkish relief ships of a Gaza-bound flotilla that was attacked by Israeli forces last May have finally returned to Turkey.
The lead aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, reached the port of Iskenderun on Saturday morning. Another ship with the convoy, the Gazze, arrived on Saturday evening. The third one, the Defne-Y, had docked at Turkey’s
Iskenderun on Friday, according to Solar Ship Rescue Services Director General Murat Dalyan.
On July 23, Israel decided to allow the three ships to return based on a joint decision made by all circles of power.
Mumbai, August 08: “Slumdog Millionaire” actor Dev Patel admits the biggest fear he has is that of spiders and he can’t even be in the same room with them.
“I am not superstitious but I am a scaredy-cat in general. The last time I was frightened was when I saw a massive spider in the bathroom,” quoted Dev as saying.
“I had to run out in my towel and scream for my dad,” he added.
The “Last Airbender” star is dating actress Freida Pinto, who featured opposite him in the Oscar winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire”.
——-Agencies
Birmingham, August 08: A protestor on Saturday threw both his shoes at the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, when he was addressing the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) meeting in the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.
He was later taken into custody by the police.
The furious protestors staged demonstrations outside the International Convention Centre venue in Birmingham.
They were protesting Zardari’s visit to UK when the Pakistan is suffering from the devastating floods.
Patna, August 08: With an eye on the coming Bihar polls, the Janata Dal(U) on Saturday demanded a sub-plan providing for a dedicated fund for the development of Muslim-dominated areas. The party’s national executive, which began its two-day session here, adopted a resolution to this effect.
Mumbai, August 08: Shahrukh Khan in rare circumstances gets nervous about anything owing to the tremendous experience he has achieved so far.
However, it is none other than his better half who is giving him restlessness. Shahrukh has revealed that he is shooting for an advertisement with his wife Gauri, who usually likes to remain away from the spotlight.
“I am shooting an advert with Gauri for a fantastic furnishing brand called D decor, very nervous, hope it turns out well,” Shahrukh posted on his twitter page.
Mumbai, August 08: Actress Priyanka Chopra says she is venturing into TV as a reality show host at the peak of her Bollywood career as she loves breaking rules. But she is quick to shrug off comparisons with Akshay Kumar saying he is the “original khiladi”.
She will be host of “Fear Factor-Khatron Ke Khiladi” season three, which she says will be scarier than its previous editions that saw Akshay play host to 13 women celebrities.
New Delhi, August 08: Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter Sonakshi’s launchpad ‘Dabangg’ has one of the raunchiest item numbers, but she isn’t a part of it. Ask her if she ever wanted to be in Malaika Arora Khan’s shoes for the song, the shy debutante says a clear no.
‘No I never wanted to be in the song. It’s because I am a shy person. I can’t be so bold and daring and I think Malaika is fabulous in the song (‘Munni badnaam’) and at what she does. But that’s not me…I didn’t want to do it,’ Sonakshi, who is debuting opposite Salman Khan, told IANS.
Solna, August 08: A Swedish Internet company PRQ disclosed its link with online whistle-blower WikiLeaks in releasing classified documents from servers located in a Stockholm suburb.
The firm has been working with WikiLeaks since 2008 but through a Swedish middleman and provides the Internet service, electricity and other services, including restarting the servers when needed.
PRQ owner Mikael Viborg said that WikiLeaks has servers outside Sweden, too.
“There are backups. If one goes down, there are others that take over,” he added.
Tirupati, August 07: TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday launched a ‘Maha Dharna’ (mega sit-in) in front of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams headquarters here in protest against alleged irregularities in TTD which runs the famous Lord Venkateswara temple.
Naidu arrived here this morning from Hyderabad and sat for an hour in front of the TTD adminstrative building along with hundreds of party workers.
Hyderabad, August 07: Seven passengers of an RTC bus, the bus of an educational institution and a car were stranded in the waters of Gaddamvagu near the Bhainsa bypass road in Adilabad district today as heavy rain lashed the district and other parts of the state, causing extensive damage to standing crops and disrupting road connectivity.