Month: September 2010

God did not create the universe

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London, September 03: God didn’t create the universe it was actually a result of the inevitable laws of physics, British physicist Prof Stephen Hawking has concluded.

In his latest book, The Grand Design, Hawking said: “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there’s something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist.”

In his new book, he has rejected Sir Isaac Newton’s theory that the universe did not spontaneously begin to form but was set in motion by God.

Sadhvi Pragya being shifted to Mumbai

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Mumbai, September 03: Prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, developed chest pain while being taken to Mumbai on Thursday, sources said.

She was being shifted from Nashik Ayurvedic Hospital to JJ Hospital in Mumbai following a court order. However, she developed chest pain after starting for Mumbai at around 1.30 pm, her lawyer Umesh Walzade told PTI.

Sallu bails Boney out again

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Mumbai, September 03: Salman Khan has been approached by Boney Kapoor yet again for a film. Boney’s financial status is not really the best and Salman knows that well having bailed him out with No Entry as well as Wanted earlier.

Salman did not do a cameo in Milenge Milenge following differences with Shahid Kapoor as well as Satish Kaushik. The film flopped badly and Boney is in trouble again wanting to make the No Entry sequel called Be Positive as well as the Mr India sequel apart from his other projects.

SRK and Salman can never be friends

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Mumbai, September 03: Salman Khan says he is still at loggerheads with Shah Rukh Khan, with whom he had his infamous public spat two years ago, and that they can never be friends again.

“Shah Rukh and I don’t talk anymore. We had misunderstanding and hence parted ways…. There is no chance of Shah Rukh and Salman coming together in future,” Salman told trade analyst Komal Nahta, on the sets of “ETC Bollywood Business”.

Meghna’s cyber trauma could end soon!

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Mumbai, September 03: It seems Meghna Naidu’s cyber trauma might finally come to an end, filmi style.

Two months ago, the actress had approached the Cyber Cell at the Crime Branch with a complaint about a hacker who breached her Gmail account and conducted various obscene chats, impersonating her.

It’s Difficult To Find A Good Guy In India, Says Sameera

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Mumbai, September 03: Bollywood actor Sameera Reddy wants a perfect guy to marry, but she says, she’s finding it difficult to get one in India, says a media report.

“Can you imagine that”, questions Sameera with mock humor, “My mom keeps telling me that I should find a guy for myself. She is fed up of me that all I do to spend my idle time is to travel to different places in the world. She really wants me to get hitched now.”

Filmmakers Fight Over Arjun Rampal

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Mumbai, September 03: Sanjay Gupta and Abbas Mustan have been at loggerheads with each other, over the rights to remake the Spanish action-thriller Ladron Que Roba A Ladron, in Hindi. The fight is now headed for an interesting climax.

Recently, Abbas-Mustan and Sanjay Gupta approached Arjun Rampal with not only the same film but also the same role, says a media report.

Friday Prayers: Traffic Curbs In City

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Hyderabad, September 03: The Hyderabad City Police Commissioner, Mr A.K. Khan, on Thursday notified for information of the general public that in order to relieve traffic congestion and to maintain smooth flow of traffic and to ensure public safety in connection with Jummat-Ul-Vida (last Friday of Ramzan) prayers at the Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad, and at Jame-e-Masjid, Secunderabad, on September 3, the main roads between Charminar and Madina, Charminar and Murgi Chowk and Charminar and Moghalpura Kaman will be closed for all types of vehicular traffic from 9 am to 3 pm on Friday.

T-Cong team leaves for Delhi to begin 3 day fast

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Hyderabad, September 03: The Telangana Congress Monitoring Group Convenor and APCC general secretary, Mr Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar, has said that a delegation of party leaders is leaving for New Delhi to apprise the party High Command of the Telangana movement and sentiments of the people for separate State, from September 3 to 5.

Sabitha vows to fulfill YSR ideals

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Hyderabad, September 03: Paying floral tributes to late chief minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on the occasion of his first death anniversary on Thursday, the Home Minister, Ms P Sabitha Indra Reddy, said that she would strive to fulfill the ideals of the late beloved leader.

The “Chevella Chellemma” of Dr YSR garlanded a portrait of the late chief minister in the Congress Legislature Party office on the Assembly premises and paid rich tributes. The ministers, Mr Danam Nagendar, Mr Mukesh Goud and others also participated in the function.

Section 144 in force over APPSC exams

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Hyderabad, September 03: Cyberabad Police Commissioner Prabhakar Reddy on Thursday said that Section 144 will be in force in and around the 1 km of the examination centres in which the APPSC Group-1 Preliminary Examinations.

Meanwhile, confusion remains over the holding of the APPSC Group-1 preliminary exams.

Pro-Telangana activists have been pressing for the postponement of the exams seeking a clarification over the quota in jobs for those who pass the test. On the other hand, the APPSC Board has been vehement in its decision to conduct the exams on the earlier announced schedule.

5 year cut off date for students to pass Intermediate

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Hyderabad, September 03: The Board of Intermediate Education on Thursday announced a block-period of five years to complete the Intermediate Course.

Accordingly, students will have five years from the year of admission to pass the Intermediate Public Examinations.

According to the BIE, the last chance to compete the course was IPE March 2010 and IPASE June 2010 for those candidates who were admitted into I year Intermediate in 2005-06 and earlier.

Palestinian armed groups vow to attack Israeli targets

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Gaza, September 03: Over a dozen Palestinian militant groups Thursday pledged to step up joint and separate attacks on Israeli targets to foil Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in Washington.

‘The factions agreed that all means are open to the Palestinian resistance to deal with Israel in the coming phase,’ Abu Obaida, spokesman of the Hamas armed wing, read a statement of the Gaza-based groups in a press conference held in the Gaza Strip.

Lindsay Lohan deserves another chance: Jamie Lee Curtis

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London, September 03: Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan should get a second chance, says her ‘Freaky Friday’ co-star Jamie Lee Curtis.

Curtis believes Lohan is a ‘brilliant talent’ and she should be given another chance to get her life back on track, reports dailystar.co.uk.

‘She is a brilliant talent and I am sure she will enjoy her talents more and more in her life. I send her my love,’ said Curtis.

‘Everyone deserves a second chance and you can look back at your life and realise the mistakes you can make and repair them.’

———–IANS

BJP: Sonia should give post to someone outside Gandhi family

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New Delhi, September 03: With Sonia Gandhi set to become Congress president for the fourth consecutive term, the BJP on Thursday said that she should offer the chair of party chief to somebody outside the Gandhi family just as she had “sacrificed” the post of Prime Minister.

BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said that according to Congress’s constitution, no office-bearer can become the president of any block, district or state unit for more than two terms.

Saffron terror remark due to rivalry in Cong: BJP

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New Delhi, September 03: With divisions in the Congress over the saffron terror theory out in the open, the BJP on Thursday seized the opportunity to argue that Home Minister P Chidambaram’s controversial remark was borne out of “personal rivalry” and “gross oneupmanship” between leaders of the ruling party.

Headley: India asks Pak for letter rogatory

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New Delhi, September 03: Carring on the “dossier” diplomacy with Pakistan, India has now told Islamabad that it will have to send a letter rogatory if it wants answers relating to Lashkar-e-Toiba operative David Coleman Headley’s visits to India between 2006 and 2009. Pakistan had recently raised 47 questions related to Headley in response to the last dossier sent by India.

Cameron Diaz to move in with beau?

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London, September 03: Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz is reportedly preparing to move in to a house in Miami with boyfriend Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez.

The “Shrek” actress, who has been rumoured to be dating the baseball star since April, has started publicly referring to the sportsman as her boyfriend and the pair are even said to be making plans to decorate a home in Florida together, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Abbas, Netanyahu agree to reach settlement in one year

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Washington, September 03: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to a one-year time-frame for reaching a peace agreement, the special US envoy to the region, George Mitchell, said Thursday.

Mitchell said the two men agreed to the time-frame during private meetings at the State Department that marked the first face-to-face peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians in nearly two years.

Kareena Refuses To Do Love Making Scene In Heroine

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Mumbai, September 03: Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor has refused to do a lovemaking scene in Madhura Bhandarkar’s film Heroine, reports Media.

The film has the actress getting steamy with five men (not together), which has shaken the actress’s moral fibre.

Sources say that the film has to go back to the storyboard after Kareena showed her displeasure with the script.

The source says, “Kareena might have done an intimate sequence recently in Kurbaan, but that was only because it was with Saif. Otherwise she is not keen on getting up close and personal with other co-stars.”

Kangna Quits Midnight’s Children

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Mumbai, September 03: Like Vidya Balan and Rani Mukerji, Kangna Ranaut too is no longer a part of Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children, reports Media.

Casting for the screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children, is getting tough for Deepa Mehta. On August 10, a jubilant Deepa Mehta had told Mumbai Mirror, “Yes, Kangna Ranaut has agreed to be part of Midnight’s Children.

Konkona, Ranvir To Marry This Week

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Mumbai, September 03: Bollywood actress Konkona Sen Sharma is all set to tie the knot with long-time boyfriend actor Ranvir Sheorey this week, reports Media.

The tentative wedding day is September 3. Both Ranvir and Konkona have been dating each other for the past three years and have been living in together.

The marriage has been kept under wraps and only a couple of close friends are aware of it. The wedding will take place at their Goregaon residence this Friday.

3 tainted Pak cricketers suspended by ICC

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London, September 03: The three Pakistani cricketers, who are at the centre of an alleged betting scam, were provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday night after being charged under the anti-corruption code.

After a day that began with the Pakistan Cricket Board agreeing to omit the players from the team for the rest of the England tour, and the Pakistan high commissioner saying the newspaper claims were a “set-up”, the ICC suspended the three pending a tribunal, The Guardian reported.

Rao for constituting Parliamentary Committee for OBCs

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New Delhi, September 02: Senior Congress leader and convenor of Parliamentary Forum of OBC MPs V Hanumantha Rao has favoured constitution of a Parliamentary Committee for OBCs to provide justice to the backward classes.

“Kindly take steps for constituting a Parliamentary Committee for OBCs before the next Parliamentary session so that the injustice done to the backward classes for the last 17 years can be minimised,” Rao said in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Jagan all set to resume yatra tomorrow

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Hyderabad, September 02: Despite reservations of the party high command, Congress MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is all set to resume his controversial yatra in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district tomorrow.

Jagan’s yatra would continue and it has nothing to do with the party high command’s offer of financial assistance to the families of those who died following the death of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy last year, a close confidante of Jagan, Ambati Rambabu, said today.