Month: August 2010

Vivek Oberoi to wed on Oct 29

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Mumbai, August 02: Vivek Oberoi who has over the years acquired the reputation of being quite a ladies man has finally decided to tie the knot.

Yes, the self-proclaimed flirt is getting married. The wedding according to very reliable sources, is on October 29, two months after Vivek’s 34th birthday.

The details about the bride are not yet known. But it is an arranged marriage for Bollywood’s resident Casanova who in his words, likes to flirt with anyone in a skirt. Vivek’s bride-to-be has been chosen by his parents Suresh and Yashodhara.

CBI arrests three for cheating bank

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Mumbai, August 02: Three persons were arrested here by the CBI for allegedly cheating a nationalised bank to the tune of Rs ten crore by producing forged Letters of Credit (LC). Those arrested are Anoop Roy, Director of Krishna Corporate Services Pvt Ltd, Akhilesh Pandey, Proprietor of Meroo Polymers and Satish Pujari, Director of Micro Bit Associates Pvt Ltd, CBI said.

‘S’ by Shakira

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London, August 02: After making the world dance to the tunes of ‘Waka Waka’, pop singer has launched a new perfume ‘S by Shakira’.

“The type of women who feel a connection with this fragrance would be independent and strong, but also a woman with a great capacity to love and a strong sense of who they are. It’s for a woman who believes in herself,” Shakira said.

The fragrance mixes bright jasmine, sandalwood and an oriental dream housed in a luminous bottle that evokes an oriental dancer.

300,000 without water in China

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China, August 02: Pipelines damaged due to floods in Tonghua city in China’s Jilin province left 300,000 people without water in the city .

According to Wang Ruimin, head of the public utility bureau in Tonghua, four water pipelines had been damaged since Sunday, cutting water supply to the whole city.

Wang said the bureau has mobilised 300 workers to repair the pipelines, but no deadline could be given as to when water supply would be resumed. He said flood water had gushed into Tonghua’s water plant at the Changliu reservoir after a section of the embankment was breached Saturday.

7 yrs old makes £150,000

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London, August 02: His paintings fetch thousands and attract buyers from all over the world.

But while his watercolours, pastels and oil paintings hint at a talent honed through decades of practice Kieron Williamson is barely half-way through primary school.

The seven-year-old prodigy sold his latest collection of paintings for £150,000 (Rs 2 crore) at the weekend, with all 33 works sold within just half-an-hour.

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Iran warns Israel against waging war

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Tehran, August 02: Iran’s foreign minister has warned the Zionist regime of Israel and its allies against waging a war in the Middle East, saying any possible war in the region will not be ‘limited.’

Manouchehr Mottaki told the Iranian Arabic language satellite channel Al-Alam late Sunday that certain moves and threats by the Zionist regime against Lebanon and Syria indicate Tel Aviv intends to launch a war in the region, reported Fars News Agency.

“If Israel and its supporters wage such a war, they will have made a big mistake,” the top Iranian diplomat added.

Murder case registered in killing of wife of UP BJP leader

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Muzaffarnagar, August 02: An FIR has been lodged here against unidentified assailants in the alleged murder of Revati Singh, wife of senior BJP leader Hukkum Singh, police said Sunday.

The body of Revati (75), wife of BJP deputy leader in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Hukkum Singh, was found in the bedroom of her Gandhi Colony house yesterday and circumstantial evidence indicated that she was murdered, Additional Director General of Police Brij Lal had said.

Hukum Singh, an MLA from Kairana, was in Lucknow at the time of incident.

CBI Denied Transfer Of Shorabuddin Case Outside Guj

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Ahmedabad, August 02: The CBI said on Monday it had not asked the Supreme Court to shift the controversial Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case outside Gujarat in its probe status report, an issue that had drawn a sharp reaction from Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

“We have not asked the Supreme Court to transfer the (Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter) case outside Gujarat in the status report submitted by us,” senior CBI lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi told a court during the hearing of bail plea of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the case.

Newly-elected TRS legislators take oath

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Hyderabad, August 02: Eleven legislators of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), who were elected in the by-polls last week, Monday took oath as members of the Andhra Pradesh assembly.

Assembly Speaker N. Kirankumar Reddy administered them the oath in the assembly premises. Earlier, the legislators paid tributes to ‘martyrs’ of Telangana at Gun Park in front of the assembly building.

E. Rajender, who was re-elected as the party’s floor leader in the assembly, his deputy T. Harish Rao and others raised slogans of ‘Jai Telangana’ before entering the assembly.

Shilpa joins the rank of Katrina Kaif

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Mumbai, August 02: Shilpa is really going places these days.

Right from her outfits to her diet, everything hits the headlines. As reported by Bollywoodhungama, she joins the ranks of Katrina Kaif, Sushmita Sen and she is soon to become the brand ambassadors of Pantene Pro-V shampoo.

The ad featuring shilpa will be soon out! so want to have hairs like Shilpa, switch on Pantene Pro- V.

——-Agencies

Yousuf”s summon by PCB ”uncalled for”: formers

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Karachi, August 02: The Pakistan Cricket Board”s move to recall former captain Mohammad Yousuf to the national fold has evoked a strong response from former players, who feels the decision would adversely impact the team”s rebuilding process.

Former Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir feels the PCB has lost its nerves after a crushing 354-run defeat to England in the first Test at Nottingham and decided to summon Yousuf, who was earlier handed an indefinite ban by the Board following team”s disastrous tour of Australia.

Somali pirates hijack Panama-flagged cargo ship-EU

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Somalia, August 02: Pirates hijacked the Panama-flagged MV Suez cargo vessel with 23 crew on board early on Monday, the European Union naval force said.

EU Navfor said in a statement that the 17,300 tonne ship carrying cement bags came under small arms fire while sailing in a recommended shipping lane. It said the crew were from Egypt, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India.

The London-headquartered International Maritime Bureau said its piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur logged a total of 196 pirate incidents globally from January to June 2010.

10 cops suspended, five others held for attacks on lovebirds

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Raipur, August 02: The Chhattisgarh government suspended 10 policemen Monday, a day after several girls and boys were attacked by activists of Hindu right wing group Dharma Sena opposed to Friendship Day celebrations in capital Raipur. Five people have been arrested.

The decision was announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the assembly amid an opposition protest over the issue.

One more arrested in Kerala lecturer attack case

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Aluva, August 02: One more activist of radical outfit Popular Front of India has been arrested in connection with the July 4 attack on a lecturer, whose hand was chopped off for allegedly preparing an inflammatory question paper.

With this, the total number of arrests in the case has gone up to 14.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the attack, arrested 38-year-old K M Ali from Mulavoor near Muvattupuzha Sunday.

Frieda Pinto goes Venice

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Mumbai, August 02: Indian actress Frieda Pinto is once again rejoicing the way her upcoming film Miral has been received by the critics. The French film is soon going to take part in the Venice Festival and will compete for the Golden Lion trophy.

After Slumdog Millionaire this is Frieda’s first film in which she is playing the title role Miral who is Palestinian orphan. The film is directed by the Oscar nominated director Julian Schnabel and is adaptation of the book of the Italo-Palestinian author Rula Jebreal.

Sonakshi’s decisions influenced by Salman

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Mumbai, August 02: Salman Khan, who is taking a very keen interest in the Dabangg debutante Sonakshi Sinha’s career has personally advised her not to sign any more films until her first film is released. This explains why Sonakshi has turned down lucrative offers from several big banners excluding a second film with Salman Khan.

Abhay missing from Aisha’s promotions

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Mumbai, August 02: Promotions of the film Aisha is in full sway, with actress Sonam Kapoor and actor Anil Kapoor taking the lead for their home production. But surprisingly, the lead actor Abhay Deol starring opposite Sonam in the film seems to be missing from the promotions. It is reported that Abhay’s shooting dates are clashing with his promotional dates. Abhay is shooting for the film Zindagi Na Milega Dobara in Spain.

Rockets hit Israel and Jordan ports; 4 hurt in Aqaba

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Jerusalem, August 02: A suspected short-range rocket salvo from the Egyptian Sinai, an area where Islamist militants have operated in the past, struck Israel’s and Jordan’s Red Sea ports on Monday, Israeli police said.

A Jordanian Interior Ministry source said four civilians were injured, one seriously, when a rocket hit an hotel area in its port of Aqaba.

There was no word of casualties in the Israeli port of Eilat, police said, but a source at Jordan’s Interior Ministry said four civilians had been injured in its city of Aqaba.

High Iraq deaths cast doubt on US stability talk

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Baghdad, August, 02: While concern is rising in the US about the war in Afghanistan, the Americans are anxious to show evidence of progress in their other conflict Iraq.

New Iraqi government figures tell a different story, however, showing civilian casualties hitting their highest level in more than two years — figures the US rushed on Sunday to dispute.

Dhaka Islamist leaders jailed for 1971 `war crimes’

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Dhaka, August 02: A tribunal Monday ordered that four top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) be jailed in connection with the “war crimes” committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 freedom movement.

This was the first ruling given by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal that is trying Islamist militants accused of rape, loot and murder of thousands of unarmed civilians in the run-up to the movement that led to separation from Pakistan.

Permanent commission for women being mulled: Indian Army

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New Delhi, August 02: The government Monday told the Supreme Court that it would consider giving permanent commission to women officers serving as short service commission officers in the legal and education branches of the Indian Army.

The government has sought two months time to implement its undertaking.

An apex court bench headed by Justice J.M. Panchal stayed the contempt proceedings against the defence ministry arising out of a Delhi High Court verdict directing the grant of permanent commission to women officers in the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force.

——IANS

Situation in Kashmir ‘grave’: Chidambaram

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New Delhi, August 02: Stating that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir had “taken a serious turn”, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said in the Lok Sabha Monday that he would make a statement after discussions with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who has rushed to the capital for consultations.

Bombay HC defers Kasab’s case to Aug 12

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Mumbai, August 02: The verdict of the trial court awarding death sentence to Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab in the 26/11 terror attack case came up Monday for confirmation before the Bombay High Court which adjourned the matter to August 12.

Justices Ranjana Desai and Vijaya Tahilramani deferred the matter after public prosecutor Pandurang Pol informed that the state would file an appeal within a week against the acquittal of Faheem Ansari and Sabauddin Shaikh in the same case.

Deadlock ends; Parliament to discuss price rise

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New Delhi, August 02: The week-long impasse in Parliament over price rise ended Monday with the opposition giving up its demand for voting and agreeing to pass a resolution after discussion expressing concern over the issue in both Houses.

As per the consensus reached at an all-party breakfast meeting convened by Leader of the House in Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee, the Lower House will discuss the issue tomorrow. This will be followed by Speaker Meira Kumar reading out a resolution expressing “sense of the House” on the price rise issue.

Boxer Rahul unites with Dimpy

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Mumbai, August 02 :Rahul Mahajan who is a known wife basher and sometimes called as a boxer rahul proved his friend correct by making a patch up with wife dimpy.Rahul Mahajan and wife Dimpy patch up and pray at temple

RAHUL MAHAJAN and Dimpy Ganguly put up a show of togetherness in public for the first time on Sunday after his model- wife walked out following a tiff on Friday.

However, she went back to the Mahajan residence in Worli the same day following an apparent patch- up.The couple, who got married this March, visited the famous Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai in the afternoon.