Month: August 2010

Muslims, Jews still like Obama

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Washington, August 28: Muslims and Jews in the United States remain among the most ardent supporters of President Barack Obama, whose overall job approval ratings have been falling sharply.

A Gallup poll which tracked opinions over a period from January 21 to July 31 showed 78 percent of Muslims and 61 percent of Jews approved of Obama’s job performance.

The president’s overall rating in the Gallup poll has slipped from 63 percent from the January-June 2009 period and 53 percent in July-December 2009, Gallup figures showed.

Why only Muslims are targeted by police in cases of violence?

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New Delhi, August 28: As far as communal violence and police’s partial role in it is concerned it must be admitted that our laws are very good and our police force is capable of bringing riots and violence under control but in spite of all this we have failed in bringing cases like Gujarat riots under control simply because our police officers in spite of being in khaki uniform remain Hindu or Muslim and the men in khaki uniform act with the mentality of ‘we’ and ‘they’. For them Muslims are ‘they’ even now.

Khurshid says case against Raju to gather speed now

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Hyderabad, August 28: Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today exuded confidence that the Satyam fraud case will pick up pace now, with the prime accused and founder chairman Ramalinga Raju appearing before a Hyderabad court.

Raju had appeared for the first time in a local court earlier this week, where he is being prosecuted in a Rs 14,000 crore case of financial mismanagement filed by the CBI, after being given bail by the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Khurshid, however, cautioned that the case should not be pre-judged.

Amin tells court he fears for life in jail

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Ahmedabad, August 28: Former deputy superintendent of police N.K. Amin, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shoot-out case whose plea to turn approver is pending in court, has raised serious questions about his security in jail and told the court that his life is in danger.

He pleaded before the Ahmedabad court Friday for more security and has sought transfer from the present barrack.

‘Terror can only be black’: ‘right’ or ‘Wrong’?

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New Delhi, August 28: In what is being seen as a strong put down which could undermine the authority of the country’s Union home minister, the Congress has put P Chidambaram on the mat for the use of the words ‘saffron terrorism.’

The All India Congress Committee media department chairman Janardan Dwivedi, while speaking to the mediapersons on Friday evening, disapproved of the word ‘saffron terrorism,’ and said that the focus is on terrorism which has no colour, if anything, it is only black.

I have kept my Rancho costume: Aamir

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Mumbai, August 27: Aamir Khan has confessed he keeps the costumes of all the characters he plays in films, even the clapboards.

Aamir has kept the costumes of Rancho, the character he essayed in the superhit ’3 Idiots’, as well as the clapboards, as he has done for all his films.

“You know I keep the clapboards of all my films. On the last day of the shoot, I collect it, even the costumes,” Aamir told reporters at the DVD launch of “3 Idiots” at Grand Hyatt here Friday.

CBI pressurising me to implicate Shah, others: Johri

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New Delhi, August 28: Senior Gujarat-cadre Indian Police Services officer Geeta Johri has filed a petition in the Supreme Court alleging that the Central Bureau of Investigation has been pressurising her to implicate some political leaders, including arrested Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah, in connection with Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

In a curative petition filed with the apex court, she has sought the removal of Balwinder Singh, CBI’s special director who is supervising the investigation into the case, and said he be made a witness in it.

New York mayor plays golf with holidaying Obama

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New York, August 28: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg paid a visit to Martha’s Vineyard, where Barack Obama is on a holiday, and played golf with the US president.

The mayor was invited by Obama to talk about the economy, a White House spokesman told New York Post Friday.

“The president and Mayor Bloomberg took the opportunity to discuss plans for short- and long-term economic growth at a pivotal point in our recovery,” said Reid Cherlin.

CDs showing Babri demolition in Ayodhya markets

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Faizabad, August 28: CDs with video footage of demolition of the Babri mosque are freely available in Ayodhya.

These CDs, containing footage of demolition of the 15th century Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, are being played at almost all shops in the markets of Hanuman Garhi, Shringar Haat, Darshan Marg and near the disputed structure.

Resident Magistrate of Ayodhya Nagendra Sharma said, “we will take cognisance of the matter and nobody will be allowed to vitiate communal harmony.”

Gauri Khan shoots with SRK for D Décor ad

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Mumbai, August 27: Old is Gold! Despite beign Gauri Khan’s confession that she is too old to work in Bollywood, the King Khan and his wife always hogged media galore for a minute reasons.

The iconic old couple are once again hitting headlines these days. Duo spend quality time together in a photo shoot for a interior design company d Décor.

SRK and Gauri shared romantic moment in the commercial shoot for D Décor recently.

The Bollywood superstar also tweeted about the Kodak moment with his wife.

SRK feels, “For the first time we enjoyed a reel life as a hero and heroine.”

CWG: After Gill, Dikshit to invokes God

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New Delhi, August 27: After Union Sports Minister M S Gill, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit too invoked God today for timely completion of the unfinished Commonwealth Games projects.

With several key infrastructure projects yet to be completed, Dikshit hoped “by grace of God” her Government will be able to complete all the works before October 3, the day the event begins.

“It has been raining very heavily which has affected our works. If rain stops and sun comes out then we should be able to complete all the work by September 10. Otherwise, we will have to extend the deadline.

Mohun Bagan-East Bengal to meet on Oct 9

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Kolkata, August 27: Traditional rivals Mohun Bagan and East Bengal will lock horns for the first time this season in the Sahara Calcutta Football League (Premier Division) match on October 9 at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan here.

The league, which started on August 17, will span over a period of three months with the last match being on November 17, the Indian Football Association (West Bengal) said while announcing the full fixture.

Mukesh Ambani elected to WEFFB

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Mumbai, August 27: Reliance Industries’ Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has been has elected as Member to the Board of World Economic Forum.

Others elected to the Board are Alcatel-Lucent’s CEO, Ben J Verwaayen and Zhu Min, Special Adviser, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a former Deputy Governor, People’s Bank of China, a press release issued here on Friday stated.

Andhra Pradesh Cong welcomes Chiranjeevi’s support

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Hyderabad, August 27: Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president D Srinivas has welcomed Praja Rajyam chief K Chiranjeevi’s assurance on extending his party’s support to the Congress government in the state if the situation demanded.

“I welcome this and appreciate Chiranjeevi for coming out with such an assurance,” Srinivas told newsmen at the Gandhi Bhavan here today.

The PCC chief praised PRP president saying,”From an acclaimed actor, Chiranjeevi has metamorphosed into a matured politician. He has been making his political statements these days with a lot of maturity.”

Minor damage to gate of Rushdie’s villa at Solan

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Shimla, August 27: The gate of British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie’s ancestral house at Solan in Himachal Pradesh suffered minor damage when a big eucalyptus tree fell over it following recent heavy rains, the house caretaker Govind Ram said today.

“The 150-foot-tall tree fell on the main gate yesterday, blocking passage to the villa,” the caretaker of Rushdie’s house, known as Anees Villa, said.

Permission to Vedanta given by UPA-I: BJP

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New Delhi, August 27: BJP today reacted to Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi’s statement on the stalled Vedanta mining project in Orissa, saying this was an attempt to “fool” the people as permission to the firm was given by UPA-I.

“People will not be fooled because Vedanta permission was given by UPA-I. P Chidambaram (Home Minister) was a director of Vedanta and Abhishek Singhvi (Congress spokesperson) was their advisor,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar claimed.

“You cannot fool all the people all the time,” he said.

Rahul asks students to weed out corruption from politics

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Chandigarh, August 27: Rahul Gandhi today interacted with students at some of Haryana’s prominent educational institutions encouraging them to weed out corruption from politics even as student wings of rival political outfits protested with one of them terming the visit as an attempt to politicize the community.

Saina Nehwal crashes out of World Championship

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Paris, August 27: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a straight-game defeat at the hands of sixth seed Chinese Shixian Wang in the women’s singles quaterfinals to crash out of the World Badminton Championship here today.

World number two Saina lost 8-21 14-21 to Wang in a 34-minute encounter in to draw curtains on India’s challenge in the high-profile tournament.

The second seed Indian, tipped to be one of the hot favourites to win the title, was not at her best and lagged behind right from the start as the Chinese opened up a 3-0 lead in the first game.

CDs showing Babri mosque demolition in Ayodhya markets

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Faizabad (UP), August 27: CDs with video footage of demolition of the Babri mosque are freely available in Ayodhya.

These CDs, containing footage of demolition of the 15th century Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, are being played at almost all shops in the markets of Hanuman Garhi, Shringar Haat, Darshan Marg and near the disputed structure.

Resident Magistrate of Ayodhya Nagendra Sharma said, “we will take cognisance of the matter and nobody will be allowed to vitiate communal harmony.”

Spicejet Founder Director Ajay Singh exits board

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New Delhi, August 27: Ajay Singh, one of the founder directors of Spicejet, has left the board of the low-cost airline, paving the way for restructuring of the company by its new owner Kalanithi Maran, the promoter of Sun TV.

The company, in its annual general meeting (AGM) held today, also announced that along with Singh, another director of Spicejet Ltd, Atul Sharma, has decided to leave the company.

Sadhvi to be shifted to Mumbai from Nashik for treatment

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Mumbai, August 27: A special MCOCA court today directed for Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, to be shifted from Nashik to Mumbai for treatment for lumps on her right breast.

The sadhvi has been lodged at the Nashik central prison after the special court in July last year dropped all MCOCA charges from the case.

However, the Bombay High Court in July this year applied the stringent provisions of MCOCA back in the case following which all the 11 arrested accused were directed to be shifted back to Mumbai.

Britney’s adviser advices Lindsay

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London, August 27: Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan is seeking advice from singer Britney Spears’ accountant to get her finances back on track.

Lindsay’s finances will be taken care of by Lou Taylor, Tennessee businesswoman who resolved Spears’ problems earlier.

“Lou has been working on fashion deals for Lindsay including the Marc Ecko ads and a deal with a Russian fashion company,” web media quoted a source as saying.

Two suspects in Jnaneshwari train case arrested by CBI

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Kolkata, August 27: Two persons have been arrested by CBI for their alleged involvement in the Jnaneshwari Express train derailment case.

The duo — Dayamoy Mahato, junior trackman and Ram Mudi, resident of Lakajhuria, Jhargram — were arrested on August 25 and three railway identity cards of same serial number, two mobiles and five SIM cards seized from their possession.

Both the accused were produced before a court in Jhargram yesterday and were remanded to police custody till September 4, CBI spokesperson Harsh Bhal said today.

Interpol help sought to probe online cheating cases

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Chennai, August 27: The Tamil Nadu police has sought the assistance of Interpol in the investigation of 12 online cheating cases with the arrest of Nigerian nationals in numerous cases in the state.

“In most of the cases, Nigerians are the masterminds and the cybercrime wing of CB-CID has arrested four Nigerians,” the CB-CID said in a release here.

The online crimes concerned lottery and job frauds and the agency has registered 13 cases this year and 25 since 2007.

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BJP warns against demolition of temples

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Ranchi, August 27: With nearly 40 religious structures here reportedly getting notice for alleged encroaching, BJP today said it would strongly oppose any move to demolish any structure by the district administration.

“Several priests have received notice from the district administration that their temples would be demolished. The BJP warns against any move to demolish temples will be met with stiff resistance,” BJP?s state unit spokesman Sanjay Seth told a news conference here.

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