Month: August 2010

Book cases against leaders encouraging suicides: Lagadapati

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Hyderabad, August 06: Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal on Thursday said that leaders of all political party were responsible for encouraging students’ suicides in the Telangana agitation.

Talking to media persons after submitting a power point presentation on issue of bifurcation of the state before the Srikrishna Commission, he accused the leaders for making emotional statements on Telangana issue and encouraging students to take extreme steps for the cause of Telangana.

Aus cops alert as Facebook chatter hints racial brawl

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Melbourne, August 06: Police intensified patrolling in this Australian city following chatter on social network site Facebook about possible racial violence involving teenagers.

Facebook is buzzing with talk that a wild brawl involving gangs of high-school students and up to 100 onlookers Thursday was only the precursor to a larger fight. The website claimed the violence, thought to be race related, would continue Friday at Craigieburn railway station in Melbourne.

Woman should remove burqa, Aus court told

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Sydney, August 06: A lawyer in an Australian court has argued that a Muslim woman should remove her burqa while giving evidence, just as she would have to while appearing in an Islamic court.

But the court in Perth hearing the lawyer’s submission Thursday rejected the argument as not relevant, Australian news agency AAP reported.

District Court Judge Shauna Deane said the defence counsel’s submission, that in Islamic courts women had to remove their burqas, was not relevant as the matter was not being heard in an Islamic court.

Teen, 13, was sex slave to grandpa

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Betong, August 06: Media reported about a 13-year-old teenager in Betong, Sarawak, who was forced to be her step-grandfather’s sex slave for the past five years.

The rape went unreported because the girl feared that the man would refuse to pay her school fees.

The teenager, who said the sexual abuse started when she was eight years old, could not depend on her grandmother as the woman would always side with her husband.

B’desh Muslims alloted houses in Ayodhya, claims VHP

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Faizabad, August 06: The VHP today claimed that Bangladeshi Muslims have been alloted houses in Ayodhya and threatened to launch an agitation to evict them, a charge refuted by the district administration.

About 300 Muslim families were allotted houses in Kanshi Ram housing scheme, one of the dream projects of the Mayawati government launched for urban poor two years ago.

When Munnabhai came to Mianwali in Pak

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Mumbai, August 06: In the midst of a flood, guess who washed up at Mianwali in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday? Munnabhai.

TV channels and websites had a field day on Wednesday invoking the Sanjay Dutt starrer as one of the “relief camps” that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani visited during his flood tour turned out to be fake, hastily put together by local authorities ahead of the visit, with fake patients and doctors, and equally quickly dismantled.

Skirts cause outrage in Britain

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London, August 06: Parents in Britain have criticised retail chain Tesco for selling a school skirt that is less than 30 cm long and a third shorter than normal school skirts.

The school skirt called a Hitch and Stitch is barely 29.5 cm and parts of it are hitched up and stitched in place to keep the hemline high.

Parents observed that the skirts “overly sexualises” girls.

The Sun quoted Siobhan Freegard, of parenting website Netmums, as saying: “It looks like it should be sold in a sex shop.”

Hiroshima to remember atomic bomb with US in attendance

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Tokyo, August 06: Sixty-five years after the destruction of Hiroshima in an atomic inferno, the United States will for the first time send an envoy on Friday to commemorate the bombing that rang in the nuclear age.

Its World War II allies Britain and France, both declared nuclear powers, will also send their first diplomats to the ceremony in the western Japanese city in a sign of support for the goal of nuclear disarmament.

Malaysia pledges $1 mn aid to flood-hit Pakistan

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Kuala Lumpur, August 06: The Malaysian government has announced aid of $1 million to help people in flood-hit Pakistan.

“The government of Malaysia hopes the contribution will help alleviate the suffering of flood victims in Pakistan,” New Straits Times said Friday quoting a foreign ministry statement.

The floods since July 22, Pakistan’s worst in 80 years, has so far claimed at least 1,600 lives and left almost a million homeless, the state-run Bernama news agency reported.

Dostana 2 gets HOTTER!!!

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Mumbai, August 06: We know that Katrina Kaif is set to play the object of affection of two straight men (Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham) pretending as gays in Dostana 2. Now there’s another name being added to it. That of Deepika Padukone.

It’s certainly getting hotter.

Director Tarun Mansukhani, who is revamping the sequel’s script, is believed to have asked producer Karan Johar to rope in Deepika for the movie, and Karan, quite capable of pulling off casting coups, has apparently discussed the role with the Om Shanti Om actress.

Katrina to launch Sister Isabelle in Bollywood

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Mumbai, August 06: Katrina Kaif is all set to launch her little sister, Isabelle, in Bollywood.

Seems like the princess of Popcorn, Katrina is an intelligent business woman, as she is to start her own production company soon.

As Katrina’s sister Isabelle is soon to finish her acting course in New York, the charming face in Indian film industry is eager to provide.

A platform to her sister to join the running race of Bollywood actresses. According to Bollywood buzz, the responsible.

Katrina is also speaking to well-known filmmakers for Isabelle’s first break in Bollywood.

Sameera makes a startling offer

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Mumbai, August 06: Sameera Reddy’s career in Bollywood is pretty muchsuspended in the realm of uncertainties.

Sameera’s only biggie is Nagesh Kukunoor’s Yeh Hausla which has been stuckin the cans for the last two years.

As the producers are still planning its release. In her desperation to release what is inarguably the best film of her career, Sameera has offered theproducers a chance to let her buy it off.

A source on oath of confidentiality blurted out the details. “Sameera is really keen to let Yeh Hausla be released.

I’m eager to be close to Kajol: Tanishaa

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Mumbai, August 06: Tanishaa wants to spend more time with her sister Kajol. It’s one of the reasons she’s doing up her late dad’s Santa Cruz house.

PS: She eventually plans to move in there Tanishaa has been redoing her late father Shomu Mukherji’s abode at Santa Cruz. For the past few months, Kajol’s sister has been dealing with an army of masons and contractors to make the house liveable.

Karisma wedding video leaked online

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Mumbai, August 06: Seven years after Karisma Kapoor and Sanjay Kapur’s wedding, their marriage video was leaked online and as assumed it was viewed like a hot product.

Karisma’s fans are quite excited to see their favorite actress dressed in bride.

Karisma was looking stunning in the marriage outfit and so her life partner Sanjay Kapoor.

It is a 8-part video, starting from mehendi, marriage, reception and bidaai.

Another attraction of the video was sizzling Kareena Kapoor. She was looking awesome.

Wickets of Sangakkara and Jayawardene is key’

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Colombo, August 06: Flamboyant opener Virender Sehwag today said it is imperative for India to get rid of prolific batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene early tomorrow to stand a chance in the third cricket Test.

Sehwag, who cracked his 21st century and also scalped two crucial wickets, was pleased by his performance today.

“I am very lucky to score hundred and get two wickets.

Hopefully we will do well tomorrow also and try to win this Test match,” Sehwag told reporters at a press conference.

Teacher forced to smoke cigars as a punishment

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Kuala Lumpur, August 06: The actions of a teacher who allegedly forced several pupils to smoke cigars as a punishment is unacceptable and a breach of the procedures.

Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said teachers must adhere to established guidelines when disciplining pupils.

“Pupils found smoking should be warned or sent for counselling,” he said, adding that any further action should have been left to the state Education Department.

British opposition attacks Cameron over Iran nuclear ‘gaffe’

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London. August 06: Opposition politicians Thursday accused British Prime Minister David Cameron of mistakenly suggesting that Iran is in possession of a nuclear weapon.

The Labour party blasted Cameron, who heads the Conservatives, as a “foreign policy klutz” with his feet “firmly planted in his mouth”.

Cameron, whose approach to international affairs has come in for criticism since he took office in May, made the comments as he praised Turkey and backed its accession to the European Union.

Didn’t follow any one for police role in “Once Upon..’: Randeep Hooda

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Mumbai, August 06: Actor Randeep Hooda, who plays a police officer in Milan Luthria’s “Once Upon A Time in Mumbai”, did quite a bit of research for the role of ACP Agnel Wilson, but says he did not follow any one in particular Randeep says he primarily tried cultivating the character from within.

“I spoke to quite a few police officers. I saw some films of that time but performance wise, I didn’t try following anyone in particular. I always try to visualise if Randeep Hooda does that character how it will be. I concentrate on that. It came out well,” the 33-year-old actor told IANS.

Gangster gunned down in Uttar Pradesh

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Lucknow, August 06: A gangster wanted in over 20 criminal cases, including murder and abduction, was gunned down in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district but his aide escaped, police said Friday.

Akbar Khan, 35, who carried a reward of Rs.50,000 for his capture, was shot dead late Thursday during a gun battle with the police in Zafrabad area, some 250 km from here.

“While carrying out the routine vehicle checking drive, we stopped Akbar Khan and his aide, who were on a motorcycle. The duo started firing at us,” police inspector Ramesh Yadav told reporters in Jaunpur.

Iran Holocaust-denying website angers Israel

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Jerusalem, August 06: A new Iranian website that denies and mocks the Holocaust with cartoons showing Jews as hook-nosed worms burrowing holes through a history book provoked outrage in Israel today.

The site, holocartoons.com, features caricatures including a Jew with a hook nose and a black hat emblazoned with a Star of David tracing fake bodies on the ground at a concentration camp. The website design uses Nazi imagery, with the icon for flipping pages marked with a swastika.

26/11 attack by LeT was out of al Qaeda play book:US

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Washington, August 06: The Mumbai terrorist attack by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba was out of al Qaeda play book, a top American counter-terrorism official has said, adding the terrorist outfit now has global ambition.

“We haven’t said that it (LeT) is directly targeting America. But it is certainly true that LET’s recent targets, particularly in Mumbai, was out of the al Qaeda play book,” Daniel Benjamin, Co-coordinator, Office of Counter-terrorism in the State Department said.

Its official now: Saina Nehwal to get Khel Ratna

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New Delhi, August 06: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal’s name for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country’s highest sports honour, was approved by the government which today announced the list of all the Arjuna and other award winners for the year 2010.

Apart from a medal and citation, Saina will receive a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh. She will be conferred the honour by President Pratibha Patil at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29.

Internet, the new battleground for Kashmir’s angry GenX

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Srinagar, August 06: The streets of Kashmir Valley are not the only places burning with angry protests over the civilian killings. The rage has also spilled over into the virtual world where youngsters are venting their pent up sentiments.

Youngsters aged 15-25 are using their personal or community internet pages to express their anger against what they see as human rights abuses. Social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, YouTube and many such web platforms have turned into a new battleground for the angry young generation of the valley.

Gadkari takes up cause of Waqf land

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New Delhi, August 06: Wooing the Muslim youth into the BJP seems to be one of the goals set by party chief Nitin Gadkari. In his words, he wants to build a cadre of around 20,000 Muslim BJP activists who, he believes, will work to dispel the perception that the party is anti-Muslim. And Gadkari, it seems, has begun his attempt to win over Muslims.

He has taken up the issue of encroachment of Waqf properties spread across the country and has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking steps to end misappropriation of the multi-crore Waqf land.

Shia cleric comes to Mahmoodabad ex-royal’s rescue

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Lucknow, August 06: Prominent Shia scholar and cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawaad Thursday sprung a surprise by coming out in support of the erstwhile royal of Mahmoodabad who was suddenly deprived of his properties that he had retrieved after fighting a 32-year-long court battle.

If it was the Supreme Court that had entitled Ameer Mohammad Khan of Mahmoodabad, about 80 km from here, to get back his family estates worth billions in different cities of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, it was an ordinance promulgated last week by President Pratibha Patil that brought him back to square one.