London, December 04: Hollywood actress Mandy Moore and rocker husband Ryan Adams have adopted a new pet dog.
The couple already had a dog and two cats from their local animal shelter, but the stars decided to give another rescued dog a home.
“Over Thanksgiving we adopted another dog. We have a dog ‘Joni’ and two cats, ‘Theo’ and ‘Vincent’, and ‘Jackson’, we just adopted, all of our animals are rescued,” famalefirst.co.uk quoted Moore as saying.
Kabul, December 04: President Obama fled the politics and bad economic news in Washington on Friday for the safety of war-torn Afghanistan, where he brought the U.S. forces some holiday cheer.
He got a rousing reception in return.
“I’m not here to give a long speech,” a beaming Obama told the 3,850 military personnel jamming a hangar at Bagram Air base. “I want to shake as many hands as I can.”
Then Obama proceeded to thank them for their service and to reassure them that “the American people are united in support or you and your families.”
London, December 04: Heidi Montag is taking self defence lessons because she can no longer afford bodyguards and is also going out less.
The reality TV star who recently admitted she and husband Spencer Pratt are on the verge of bankruptcy is trying to change her lifestyle dramatically in order to cut down her expenditure, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
“I can’t afford security, so I practice self-defence and chain punching,” she said.
London, December 04: Actress Anne Hathaway has revealed that she is eager to star in Shakespeare stage productions.
The Hollywood actress wants to test herself on the stage and would readily accept a role in any of the 16th century English playwright’s works if she was offered. She also a huge admirer for the 19th century Norwegian playwright-and-theatre director Henrik Ibsen, reports contactmusic.com.
Asked what she wants to do next in her career, she revealed: “Most of Shakespeare and pretty much all of Ibsen.
Islamabad, December 04: A cleric in Pakistan has offered a reward of Rs.500,000 for anyone who kills a Christian woman sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
“I will give Rs.500,000 to a person who will kill Aasia,” said Maulana Yousaf Qureshi, the prayer leader of the historic Mohabbat Khan Masjid in Peshawar.
He made the remarks during a rally of the Jamaat-e-Islami party Friday to protest against calls for amendments in the controversial blasphemy law and Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer’s efforts to have the woman pardoned, reports Daily Times.
Bangalore, December 04: French President Nicolas Sarkozy will arrive in this tech hub Saturday on a four-day official visit to India for expanding cooperation in defence, nuclear power, sustainable development and culture.
Accompanied by a large official-cum business delegation and his celebrity wife Carla Bruni, the 55-year-old Sarkozy will land at the defence behemoth’s Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) airport in the city around 10 a.m. amid tight security.
New Delhi, December 04: After entertaining theatre lovers with “Life of Gautam Buddha” and “Muskaan”, actor-director Lushin Dubey has returned to stage with her new play “Ji Saab’Ji” that touches upon terrorism. She feels the human race is going through a tough phase.
“Human communion, the essence of humanity, is going down the tubes. Everywhere you see people are unleashing their darker side instead of embracing the positivity inside us humans. There are negative and positive forces in all of us; so what are we to do? We have to rise above that,” Dubey told IANS.
Hyderabad, December 03: Hours after YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s loyalist Ambati Rambabu had announced the launch of a new regional political outfit by Jaganmohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Malala Sankshema Sangham, Hyderabad (APMASS) extended the community’s support to Jaganmohan Reddy’s new party.
Speaking with reporters here today, Matta Madana Mohana Rao, founder-president of APMASS, said that if major irrigation projects like Polavaram and Pranahita and various welfare schemes were to be continued, Jaganmohan Reddy’s new political outfit would need people’s support.
Hyderabad, December 03: Notwithstanding the turmoil over allotment of portfolios to some ministers in the new cabinet throughout the day, several ministers who were newly inducted into the Cabinet kept themselves busy hunting for their office space in the Secretariat.
Surprisingly, the chambers in the ‘D’ block which was occupied earlier by former government adviser and Rajya Sabha member KVP Ramachandra Rao was the most sought after office for many ministers, including agriculture minister YS Vivekananda Reddy.
Hyderabad, December 03: “I have submitted my resignation from the post of cabinet minister in the State Cabinet to the chief minister. I will continue to be a Congressman and a member of the State Legislature as a Congress MLA. My entire family for generations has been a strong Congress family. My grandfather and my father served the Congress party with utmost dedication, sincerity, honesty and integrity. I have the good fortune of continuing the same legacy.
Hyderabad, December 03: Alleging that the state government was misleading the judiciary while furnishing facts pertaining to the appointment of senior IPS officer K Aravinda Rao as the Director General of Police, the counsel of P Gautam Kumar, principal secretary (Home), today charged the government with perjury.
Gautam Kumar’s counsel J Sudhir made the remarks before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which is hearing the case filed by the former against the appointment of Aravinda Rao as the DGP of the state.
Tirumala, December 03: Senior officials of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) have decided to put a stop to the muchhyped Anantha Swarnamayam project in tune with the verdict given by the AP High Court.
Hyderabad, December 03: To clear the extra rush of passengers, South Central Railway will run 12 special trains between Secunderabad-Narsapur from December 7, 2010 to January 14, 2011. Accordingly, Train No. 07117 Secunderabad-Narsapur will depart Secunderabad at 23.30 hrs on December 7, 14, 21, 28 and January 4 and 11, 2011 and arrive at Narsapur at 09 30 hrs the next day. Returning, Train No. 07118 Narsapur-Secunderabad will depart Narsapur at 21 00 hrs on December 10, 17, 24, 31 and January 7 and 14, 2011 and arrive at Sec’bad at 07 00 hrs next day.
Hyderabad, December 03: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths caught a government official with disproportionate assets worth more than Rs 75 lakh in Warangal today. The sleuths conducted searches on Advocate’s Colony residence of the planning officer of Kakatiya Urban Development Authority (KUDA) in Warangal, E Ajit Reddy, today and unearthed assets worth Rs 75 lakh.
Simultaneous searches were conducted in his office, residences of his friends at Hanamkonda and also at his native place Andukunthanda village in Chityal mandal, Warangal district, an official release said.
Hyderabad, December 03: To build awareness among non-Muslims about the teachings and message of Quran, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Andhra Pradesh Zone will launch a statewide campaign from December 3 to 12 on the theme ‘Enlightened by Quran’.
New Delhi, December 03: Talking tough, the government today rejected the proposal by domestic airlines for a massive fare hike and warned them of penalty and other action if the last-minute ticket prices were higher than average ahead of the high-demand Christmas-New Year break.
Asserting that the government can’t remain a mute spectator to the move by the air carriers, civil aviation minister Praful Patel said there can be “no justification” for airlines to hike fares in an “arbitrary manner”.
Hyderabad, December 03: The Central Power Distribution Company Limited (APCPDCL) is introducing a new system of meter reading based on radio frequencies (RF Meters) as a measure towards ‘Advance Metering infrastructure for incorporating certain improvements in the present meter reading and billing cycle and accessibility of door locks in remote locations such as rural/agricultural zones’.
Hyderabad, December 03: The Central Power Distribution Company Limited (APCPDCL) is introducing a new system of meter reading based on radio frequencies (RF Meters) as a measure towards ‘Advance Metering infrastructure for incorporating certain improvements in the present meter reading and billing cycle and accessibility of door locks in remote locations such as rural/agricultural zones’.
New Delhi, December 03: Talking tough, the government today rejected the proposal by domestic airlines for a massive fare hike and warned them of penalty and other action if the last-minute ticket prices were higher than average ahead of the high-demand Christmas-New Year break.
Asserting that the government can’t remain a mute spectator to the move by the air carriers, civil aviation minister Praful Patel said there can be “no justification” for airlines to hike fares in an “arbitrary manner”.
Hyderabad, December 03: Police went on high alert in north Telangana on Friday as Maoists returned to the region after lying low for several years, killing three people and abducting another three since Thursday.
Police forces, including personnel of the elite anti-Maoist Greyhounds, began combing operations on Friday in Eturanagaram forests of Warangal district and also in Karimnagar, where the extremists made their presence felt by killing three people, including a small-time political functionary by branding him a police spy.
Hyderabad, December 03: Hookah centres allowing minors to enjoy a smoke have now come under the scanner of city police. Police caught 18 minors, including a couple of girls on Thursday at a hookah centre, enjoying a puff. A case has been booked against the management of the hookah centre. All nabbed youngsters are kin of top businessmen, doctors and a politician and they had bunked college to enjoy a hookah session, police said.
New Delhi, December 03: The resignation of rebel Congress MP from Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, YS Jaganmohan Reddy has been accepted, Speaker Meira Kumar announced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
Kumar said Reddy’s resignation has been accepted with effect from November 29.
“I have to inform the House that I have received a letter dated November 29 from YS Jaganmohan Reddy, an elected member from Kadapa parliamentary constituency of Andhra Pradesh resigning from the membership of the Lok Sabha. I have accepted his resignation with effect from November 29,” she said.
Hyderabad, November 03: Before taking up the prestigious Rs 12,132 crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project, Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has started preliminary works like carrying out topographical survey on the Miyapur to LB Nagar corridor.
The Metro is expected to handle 15 lakh passengers every day in 2014 and 22 lakh in 2024.
A few months ago, L&T took up soil testing from Nagole to Shilparamam corridor.
Bangalore, December 03:PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts case, would now stand trial before the sessions court.
The first additional chief metropolitan magistrate Venkatesh Hulagi today passed the order committing the case to session court.
The ACMM court also furnished copies of the chargesheet to the 19 accused arrested, including Madani.
Madani was arrested from his orphanage-cum-madrasa in Anwarassery in Kerala on August 17 and subsequently brought to Bangalore.
The blasts in July, 2008 left one dead and 20 others injured.
Riyadh, December 03: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah is to undergo more surgery on his back in US on Friday, the royal court said.
King Abdullah flew to New York City on November 22 and was operated on two days later at New York Presbyterian Hospital for a debilitating herniated disc complicated by a haematoma that put pressure on his spine.
The court had said that the first operation was a success and that the King walked on his own inside the hospital shortly afterwards.
–Agencies–