Mumbai, September 02: Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn has been fined Rs.100 for smoking in the courtyard of a multiplex in Panaji, police said Wednesday.
“The notice will be issued today (Wednesday). We are acting on a complaint filed by the state health department (Directorate of Health Services, DHS),” said Deputy Superintendent of Police Deu Benaulikar.
Mumbai, September 02: Filmmaker Kunal Kohli is keen to cast Priyanka Chopra in his next venture with Saif Ali Khan but Priyanka declined the offer citing dates problem.
Kunal thought that since Saif and Priyanka had not been cast together till date, it would be wonderful to see the pair jointly. But Priyanka refused Kunal’s offer and what miffed Kunal the most is that he has accepted Sajid Nadiadwala’s offer which has Saif in the lead.
New York, September 02: St. Augustine in Florida, the oldest city in the US, will celebrate its 445th birth anniversary this week.
St. Augustine will commemorate its founding by Spaniard Pedro Menendez de Aviles with the inauguration of the Nombre de Dios Mission Museum and the celebration of a Mass of thanksgiving, among other events.
The anniversary will be marked with a historic recreation of the arrival in 1565 of Florida’s first governor, Menendez de Aviles.
Beijing, September 02: Girls in a province in southwest China are being given tips on how to say no to boys asking for sex.
Girls in Yunnan province are being given a booklet that teaches about chastity. The Yunnan provincial education department has asked all local high schools and universities to “teach girls how to reject sexual requests until marriage”, the Global Times reported citing the Chuncheng Evening News.
Authorities have introduced a textbook on sex education titled “Focus on the Family” published by a US-based Christian organisation.
Washington, September 02: The United States has designated the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Pakistani Taliban, linked to the botched Times Square bombing attempt by a Pakistani American, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday also designated two senior TTP leaders Hakimullah Mehsud and Wali Ur Rehman as specially designated global terrorists as the US imposed financial and travel sanctions on the Pakistan based group that trained Times Square suspect Faisal Shahzad.
Mumbai, September 02: An unidentified woman today committed suicide at the Sahar International Airport here today, police said.
The woman, in her 20s, jumped off the departure bridge of the airport this evening, DCP Satynarayanan Chowdhary said.
She was alone at the time of the incident, he said.
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Melbourne, September 02: The former Test spinner said those behind the damaging scandal that had rocked world cricket should never play again.
“They should be thrown out, simple as that,” Warne said.
“I don’t think there is any other way to do it, if they have been involved in throwing games.
“They should be banned for life … anybody who is involved should be thrown out.”
Warne, who commentated for the Australia-Pakistan match that is now under investigation, said it would almost make sense if the allegations were proved to be correct.
Bhopal, September 02: RSS would prefer framing a law for the construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya even if the judgement on the issue of the disputed structure goes in their favour, former RSS spokesman Ram Madhav said here today.
“I am convinced that the judgement would come in our favour, but even then we would like to go for framing of a law by the Parliament for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya as there is no guarantee that it will be constructed after the verdict as other party will challenge it in higher court,” Madhav told reporters here.
London, September 02: Kevin Pietersen on Wednesday apologised to England’s selectors before claiming that he understands why he was omitted from the squad.
Pietersen was dropped on Tuesday for the two Twenty20 and five ODI matches after a poor run of form with the bat which has seen him fail to pass 100 in almost two years.
The 30-year-old caused controversy when he accidentally posted a foul-mouthed outburst on micro-blogging site Twitter following the decision, slamming the selectors for dropping him for the series.
New York, September 02: A group of teenagers in western New York has been arrested for allegedly harassing worshipers and firing a shotgun outside a mosque.
The five teens allegedly beeped their car horns and yelled obscenities during a religious service, according to Eyewitness News, a local media outlet.
Tim Weader, 17, Dylan Phillips, 18, Jeff Donahue, 18, and Anthony Ogden, 18 along with Mark Vendetti, 17 have been charged with disrupting a religious service, which is a misdemeanor charge.
New Delhi, September 02: The BJP on Wednesday strongly objected to the use of the term “saffron terror” by Home Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament, saying there was no such word and the “sacrosanct” colour cannot be associated with terrorism.
“There is no term as saffron terror. We have effectively said this in both Houses of Parliament… saffron is sacrosanct for India. It cannot be associated with terrorism,” Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj said.
Hyderabad: A year after his helicopter crashed in the Nallamalla hills of Andhra Pradesh, YS Rajasekhara Reddy is everywhere in Andhra Pradesh.
Voters loyal to him appear fanatical as they line up to greet his son as he tours the state in a pointed reminder that he is the heir apparent to YSR’s political legacy. For those who may need more convincing or a visual metaphor, Jagan Mohan Reddy has, since May, unveiled nearly 600 statues of his father, the former chief minister.
London, September 02: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his successor Gordon Brown was a “difficult and maddening” man with “zero” emotional intelligence and that his premiership was a “disaster” that was never going to work.
New York, September 02: The dispute over the mosque near Ground Zero in New York is not a battle over “real estate” but it will have an impact on Islam in America, according to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is the main developer of the controversial Islamic Centre.
Washington, September 02: The nine-member delegation, headed by a two-star Navy rear admiral, refused to take part at an annual conference at US Central Command after they were pulled off a plane and questioned for more than two hours.
The officers had boarded a United Airlines flight from Washington to Tampa.
The incident took place late Sunday when one of the officers complained about their long day’s trip, saying he hoped the flight was his last.
London, September 02: The UN Wednesday said the number of civilians who had been brutally gang raped recently in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo now exceeds 240.
The UN alleged July 30 that Congolese militants of the Mai-Mai group and Rwandan rebels of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) descended upon villages in Kibua and the Walikale areas of the North Kivu province and engaged in the violent assault of at least 154 civilians.
Mumbai, September 02: Bollywood hottie Kangana Ranaut has learnt her lessons well. She has realised that there is no point giving much importance to B-list filmmakers. So like a thorough professional, Kangana has been concentrating on prominent filmmakers to ensure that her career graph shoots up, reports Mail Today.
Jaipur, September 02: Bollywood star Salman Khan was in Jaipur promoting Dabangg at an engineering college on Tuesday. While students mobbed him, Salman casually grabbed the mike and jokingly told the principal of the college that he should declare a holiday on the next day. To his surprise, the principal agreed and made a public announcement declaring Wednesday a holiday, says a media report .
Mumbai, September 02: There is buzz in Bollywood circles that film maker Farah Khan has reportedly agreed to launch Katrina’s sister Isabel in another project sometime in the middle of next year.
Even though Katrina has been often quoted saying that her younger sister wants to concentrate on studies, the younger sister is attending acting classes in New York.
It is learnt that Katrina floated the idea of her sister following her footsteps to Farah, who said ‘Why not?’
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Mumbai, September 02: Under attack from political parties for his comments on Mumbai metro, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday said that being a “proud Mumbaikar” he never opposed the development of the city.
The 67-year-old star claimed that his comments on his blog regarding the proposed metro track invading his privacy were misinterpreted by the media.
New Delhi, September 02: Sushmita Sen is tired of being quizzed about her wedding plans but the Bollywood beauty says that she will definitely tie the knot one day.
Grapevine is abuzz that the former Miss Universe has recently broken up with former Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram, but she refused to address the rumours.
Sushmita, 34, kept mum on the whole issue saying, “It’s all rubbish and I don’t want to talk about it.” However the single mother, who raises two adopted daughters, said that she would definitely tie the knot in the future.
Hyderabad, September 02: Eleven Congress MPs from the Telangana region today requested the Chief Minister Mr K Rosaiah to give necessary instructions to the A P Public Service Commission to postpone the Group-I service examinations by two months.
In a letter sent to the Chief Minister, the MPs pointed out that the students were associated with the Telangana agitation in a peaceful manner and were not able to prepare themselves well for the Group-I service Examinations. In view of this, they want the examination be postponed by two months.
Hyderabad, September 02: MLC Kanukula Janardhana Reddy on Wednesday stated that Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy has not violated High Command orders at any time.
Talking to media person on Assembly premises, Mr Janardhana Reddy stated the Odarpu yatra taken up by the MP was his personal affair.
The MLC stated that the High Command has not issued any formal notice to the Congress members not to participate in the Odarpu yatra but is observing the situation. He added that disciplinary action against violators of party discipline would be initiated if needed.
Warangal, September 02: The Srikrishna Commission has received about 1.5 lakh submissions from the people in Andhra Pradesh over the contentious issue of bifurcation of the state.
Revealing this to media persons on Wednesday, Chairman of the Commission for Consultations over the Situation in Andhra Pradesh Justice BN Srikrishna, assured that the Panel’s report would be submitted before its year-end deadline.
Justice Srikrishna further said that of the 1.5 lakh representations received by the Panel so far, over 3,500 submissions contained elaborate details, facts and figures.
Hyderabad, September 02: The city police on Wednesday arrested four students allegedly belonged to a group of Osmania University Students’ Joint Action Committee (OUSJAC) for attacking ‘Non-local’ lecturers who had come to evaluate B Ed answer scripts on the Osmania university campus on August 28.
The police identified the ‘vigilantes’ as Saidulu, Jagan, Srinivas and Veerababu. The attackers alleged that non-local lecturers were evaluating with bias and it was harming interests of Telangana students.