Mumbai, March 04: According to the latest TAM (Television Audience Measurement) reports Kareena Kapoor – Bollywood’s leading actress officially emerged the most sought after actress in the brand endorsement circuit.
With a whopping 13 brands riding on her, Kareena Kapoor – the only actress to stand exclusive in a male dominated industry, remains unmoved with labels of being “the best” or “the most sought after”.
Jammu, March 04:) If you want news from Jammu and Kashmir, might as well follow Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Twitter. For, not only did he tweet about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s arrival here Friday morning but also threw in information about the weather.
“The PM arrives to a wet & windy Jammu. Umbrellas seem to be order of the day,” Abdullah tweeted soon after receiving the prime minister at the airport. Manmohan Singh is here for a day’s visit.
It has been raining since Thursday afternoon and the gusty winds have added to the chill.
Washington, March 04: Vikramaditya Singh, son-in-law of RLD leader Ajit Singh, has been sentenced to six months of home confinement by a US court and now faces deportation after he was caught in a federal sting operation selling military grade micro wave radios to Iran.
Singh (34), a Arizona-based electronics dealer, was targeted by undercover agents of US Homeland Security in Philadelphia as a follow-up to a sting involving Iranian arms broker Amir Ardebili.
New Delhi, March 04: Even as the Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition seeking mercy killing for Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug, a nurse of the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai who is in coma for the past 38 years after she was raped by a staff sweeper, the hospital asked the court to reject the plea, saying its doctors alone had the right to decide her future.
Bangalore, March 04: The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) ticket controversy ahead of the India-England ICC World Cup match on February 27 that saw crowds being lathi-charged is now drawing former India skipper Rahul Dravid and 1983-World Cup-winning champion Roger Binny into its vortex.
Congress MLA PM Ashok has alleged that Dravid and Binny, besides other office bearers of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) were among those close to KSCA president Anil Kumble who accepted bulk tickets which found their way to the black market.
Hyderabad, March 04: Andhra Pradesh has achieved a distinction of becoming the second State in the country after West Bengal for trafficking girls to other States to be pushed into flesh trade, said renowned anti-trafficking activist Sunitha Krishnan here on Thursday.
Participating in an interactive session organised by the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) to mark the forthcoming International Women’s Day, she said suppliers lure girls in villages on the pretext of providing lucrative opportunities and sell them to brothels in Delhi, Mumbai and Goa.
Madrid, March 04: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a second half hat-trick to make it 27 league goals for the season as Real Madrid crushed hapless Malaga 7-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday to close the gap on league leaders Barcelona to seven points.
Barcelona won 1-0 at Valencia on Wednesday to put the pressure on Real who had drawn 0-0 at Deportivo La Coruna in their last match, but Jose Mourinho’s side responded by maintaining their 100 percent home record with their biggest win of the season.
Karachi, March 04: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is right in saying that the team should top the group to avoid playing its quarterfinal match in India, feels former skipper Wasim Akram.
“I agree with what Afridi and coach Waqar Younis have said that they would not like to play their quarterfinal in India,” Wasim said from Colombo.
The former fast bowling great pointed out that it would be better for Pakistan to play their quarterfinal in Sri Lanka or then in Bangladesh.
Al-Uqayla, March 04: Muammar Gaddafi struck at rebel control of a key Libyan coastal road for a second day on Thursday but received a warning he would be held to account at The Hague for suspected crimes by his security forces.
In Paris, French foreign minister Alain Juppe said France and Britain would support the idea of setting up a no-fly zone over Libya if Gaddafi’s forces continued to attack civilians.
Look-out notice issued for fraudster
Hyderabad, March 4 (Siasat News): The crime investigation department of the state police has issued a watch out notice against one Pravind Kumar J Solanki from Gujarat.
He reportedly cheated Corporation Bank, chapel Road branch in the city by encashing Rs. 27.86 lakh fraudulently by submitting demand drafts with altered payee names and amounts.
Those with information about Pravind can contact the police on phone numbers: 949061773 or 9440700908, a release said.
Hyderabad, March 04: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday said the Centre would take a decision on the contentious statehood issue only after the eight recognised political parties in the state expressed their views on it.
Riyadh, March 04: The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), known as Religious Police in Western media and Hai’a in Saudi Arabia, denied any connection with the group that stormed the Riyadh Book Fair on Wednesday night.
Around 30 men disrupted the second day of the annual Book Fair being organised by the Saudi Ministry of Information. The event was officially inaugurated on Tuesday and opened to the public on Wednesday.
Hyderabad, March 04: On Thursday the Union of India informed the Andhra Pradesh High Court that Chapter 8 of Srikrishna Committee report could not be disclosed as it was a sensitive and privileged document. Additional Solicitor-General Vivek Tankha submitted to Justice L. Narasimha Reddy a sworn counter affidavit to this effect by the Under Secretary in the Home Ministry.
New Delhi, March 04: Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Friday announced that question hour in the Upper house would be taken up in the afternoon instead of morning from next week.
Ansari said members raise issues of concern at the expense of Question Hour and it had been decided to shift the timings.
He said 2 pm to 3 pm every day and 2.30 pm and 3.30 pm on Friday “shall be available for asking and answering of questions”. He said the new timings would come into force from March 7.
Ankara, March 04: Turkey has expressed confidence that Egyptian authorities will fulfill the nation’s demands by overseeing a successful transition to democracy.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who was on a one-day trip to Cairo on Thursday, made the remark after meeting Egyptian political figures and junta members.
Gul arrived in Cairo as Egypt’s Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq resigned and a former transportion minister was picked to appoint a new government while activists demand a purge of Mubarak’s old guard from the cabinet.
New Delhi, March 04: The CBI today carried out searches at the residence of suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli after registering a case against him and others for alleged irregularities in the award of broadcasting rights of Commonwealth Games reportedly resulting in a loss of Rs 135 crore to the exchequer.
The case was filed against Lalli, Director of Zoom Communications Wasim Dehlvi and others under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Indian Penal Code late last night, official sources said.
Hyderabad, March 04: Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his colleague Vijayashanti are said to be actively considering resignation from their membership of Lok Sabha on Friday if there is no response from the Central government to the demand for separate Telangana.
The two members are likely to re-enact the Thursday’s scenes in the Lok Sabha on Friday too, over the demands. The house was adjourned five times on Thursday following disruptions created by them.
Washington, March 04: A court in Rome has sentenced a former Catholic priest to 15 years in prison for child abuse amid a wave of pedophilia cases by clergymen across Europe and the U.S.
Ruggero Conti, a former parish priest at Selva Candida on the outskirts of the Italian capital, was found guilty of abusing seven children between 1998 and 2008 when he was arrested.
Prosecutors had initially sought 18 years in prison for Conti on charges of sex acts against minors, sexual violence and incitement to prostitution of a minor.
New Delhi, March 04: When ex- MLA Jaunpuria’s daughter married Congress leader Kanwar Tanwar’s son, fireworks flew & so did the oohs & aahs on the father of the bride’s gift, afive- seater helicopter, to the groom.
Gifting cars, even expensive ones, to the daughter on her wedding is passé. It’s choppers that are in, if you have the moolah to dish out.
Toronto, March 04: Without blaming the Pakistani government, Toronto-based Peter Bhatti, brother of slain Pakistan federal minister for minorities Shahbaz Bhatti, Thursday said extra security for his brother could have saved his life.
Bhatti, who was also the founder-chairman of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, was gunned down by the Pakistan Taliban Tuesday for speaking out against blasphemy laws which mandate death for insulting Islam and are misused against minorities.
New Delhi, March 04: The CBI today carried out searches at the residence of suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli after registering a case against him and others for alleged irregularities in the award of broadcasting rights of Commonwealth Games reportedly resulting in a loss of Rs 135 crore to the exchequer.
The case was filed against Lalli, Director of Zoom Communications Wasim Dehlvi and others under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Indian Penal Code late last night, official sources said.
Washington, March 04: An American soldier charged with killing Afghan civilians and mutilating their corpses has been sentenced to 60 days hard labor.
A US military judge has found Specialist Corey Moore, 22, guilty of serious misconduct — including mutilating the corpse of a dead Afghan civilian, AFP reported.
He was also found guilty of smoking hashish and assaulting another soldier, Adam Winfield, who blew the whistle on the activities of the so-called “kill team.”
Islamabad, March 04: Pakistani militants have destroyed four NATO trucks carrying war supplies to US-led forces in the neighboring Afghanistan.
A powerful bomb went off in a parking area of NATO containers in Khyber Agency in northwest pakistan on Friday morning, destroying three tankers, a Media correspondent reported.
In another incident, militants torched a NATO tanker in the Ganji area of Mastung district in southwestern province of Baluchistan late Thursday.
The container was on its way from Afghanistan and was going to Karachi when militants opened fire and set it ablaze.
Bhopal, March 04: State Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan had also discussed the issue of setting film city in the state with Bollywood personalities in 2009. Chouhan announced at that time that the proposed film city will be set up in an area of 430 acres near Bhopal.
Bhopal has a very strong bonding with Bollywood as megastar Amitabh Bachchan”s wife and noted actress Jaya Bachchan belongs to this city. During ”Aarakshan” Amitabh posted on his blog about the people of Bhopal as cultured and disciplined.
Tripoli, March 04: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has denied reports of air strikes in the capital city of Tripoli, saying “show me a single attack, one drop, one attack….”
Saif told Sky News there has been no air strike in Tripoli to intimidate anti-government protesters, and prevent them from launching an uprising.