Hyderabad, May 28: Former Chief Minister K. Rosaiah feels that replacement of the incumbent N. Kiran Kumar Reddy was no solution in the backdrop of the debacle suffered by Congress in the by-elections since the present situation required fine tuning the attitude of the party towards people to win back their confidence.
Mumbai, May 28: The Double Dhamaal makers are going to great lengths to make the sequel as dhamaakedaar as possible!!…exclusive new trailers of their song ‘’Oye Oye” will be out today across all media.
The footapping new number has been sung by none other than the dance number queen Sunidhi Chauhan and it has been remixed by music director Anand Raj Anand. What’s more, it has been choreographed by Ganesh Acharya who interestingly was a group dancer in the original hit by Kalyanji Anandji!
Riyadh, May 28: The Obama administration has been quietly putting pressure on Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive, according to leaked US embassy cables. But the jailing of a woman protester, Manal al-Sharif, after she posted online a video of herself at the wheel of a car in Khobar reveals the extent of the US diplomatic failure.
The cables, part of the treasure trove allegedly given to WikiLeaks by the US soldier Bradley Manning, reveal previously unreported clashes over women’s rights.
Mumbai, May 28: “Be really honest! It doesn’t matter whether that makes you look good or bad but be sure that you are honest towards the participants of the show. That’s what makes an entertaining show,” says Catherine ‘Cat’ Elizabeth Deeley, who hosts the hit reality dance show, So You Think You Can Dance. When Cat gives advice on these matters it makes sense to pay attention.
After all, she has gained immense popularity (and paved the way for UK TV exports Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan in the American TV industry) by hosting the popular show since 2006.
Mumbai, May 28: It seems actress Priyanka Chopra is set to create the old world charm with her looks in Kunal Kohli’s yet-untitled next.
A picture of the actress on the sets of the film in Mumbai shows her in a pink fish cut lehenga, a short blouse and Mumtaz-style draped dupatta. She also sports the classic bouffant hairdo, complete with white flowers to add grace, something seen in the movies of 1970s.
If the grapevine is to be believed, Priyanka and Shahid Kapoor are expected to play four sets of characters each in the romantic film, the story of which spans four cities.
Mumbai, May 28: Her moves have made her a global superstar and sex symbol but you won’t be seeing Jennifer Lopez shimmying to a Bollywood track in the near future.
The diva is busy promoting her latest album Love?, her first in four years, and is a bit too busy for a song and dance stint in the world’s largest film industry.
“I haven’t given it (Bollywood) a thought just yet! I want my fans in India to listen to the album. If I have plans of coming to India, I will make definitely an announcement,” Jennifer said.
Nevada, May 28: Hindus are upset at the depiction of the image of Lord Shiva in Nataraja form on leggings, harem-pants and skirts, by internationally acclaimed ‘Manish Arora’ fashion label, which they termed repugnant.
Esteemed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) on Thursday, said that it was disturbing to see image of Lord Shiva, who was highly revered in Hinduism, on the legs.
Hyderabad, May 28: There is only one difference in BJP and Congress. There is no contradiction in sayings and doings of BJP. As far as Congress in concerned, it makes promises but in action in resorts to narrow mindedness and animosity.
There is no difference in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and that of Gujarat as far as the policy for the Muslims is concerned. Modi Government returned the amounts sanctioned by the government of India for awarding scholarships to Minority Students.
Hyderabad, May 28 (Siasat News): All arrangements at Exhibition Ground are in full swing as the fish medicine for Asthma patients would be distributed on June 8 and 9.
Bathini brothers, in a press conference, said that the distribution would be started at 10.15 pm on the day of Mriga Kartika and would be concluded on June 9 at 9 pm. Mr. Bathini Hridaynath Goud along with his four brothers, was present at the press conference.
Bareilly, May 28: A doctor was arrested for allegedly molesting an engineering student in Khwaja Kutub area, police said here today.
The incident occurred on Thursday when the victim, who is pursuing M.Tech from an institute in Noida, went to a private clinic for treatment of some skin-related ailment, they said.
At the clinic, Brahnbhaskar Arya, a homoeopathy doctor, gave the victim some drug after which the girl became unconscious, they said.
Riyadh, May 28: The family of a Sri Lankan maid who was murdered by a Saudi sponsor’s wife received SR40,000 as compensation for the death, the Sri Lankan Embassy told Arab News here Friday.
The autopsy report of the maid, identified as 36-year-old Pospawalli Selladurai, revealed that she had been murdered.
Al-Jouf police arrested the woman, who is still in remand. She will be released as soon as the paper work is completed following the payment of blood money, which amounts to about $10,650.
Hyderabad, May 28: Telugu Desam President (TDP) N Chandrababu Naidu paid tribute to party founder and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao at NTR Ghat on his 88th birth anniversary today.
Among those, who paid tributes to the legendary actor NTR and TDP founder at the NTR Ghat, were NTR’s sibs Balakrishna, Harikrishna and Rama Krishna and grand son Junior NTR besides party leaders Devender Goud and A Srinvas Yadav.
New Delhi, May 28: The Delhi police on Thursday night picked up a 35-year-old man from the Pilkhua area of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the low intensity bomb blast at the parking space of Delhi High Court.
The senior superintendent of police (Ghaziabad), Raghuveer Lal said one Gulfam had been picked up from the Pilkhua area on Thursday by the Delhi police but added that it wasn’t related to the blast.
New Delhi, May 28: India has sought access to David Coleman Headley’s first wife, Shazia Gilani, and asked the US to come clean on how the American operative managed to procure a US passport in his new name.
The demand comes in the wake of Headley’s testimony in the ongoing trial in Chicago that his wife was aware of the 26/11 Mumbai terror plot and had congratulated him on the success of the attack.
Paris, May 28: Interpol has issued a worldwide alert for 417 fugitives of an Afghan jailbreak, including Taliban considered “a major threat to global security.”
The France-based international police agency says it has issued a so-called Orange Notice for the fugitives who escaped the Sarposa prison in Kandahar on April 24.
Authorities in Afghanistan had said more than 480 inmates escaped the jail through a tunnel dug over a matter of months.
It wasn’t immediately clear why Interpol’s alert concerned a smaller number of fugitives.
Rising India, which you thought was being propelled by its liberal outlook is, in truth, one of the world’s most restrictive societies.
The world’s largest democracy, paradoxically also has one of the highest intolerance indices.
And if you want to compare, it ranks third globally among restrictive societies, just after Pakistan and Malaysia, according to a study published in the international journal Science on Friday.
New Delhi, May 28: CBSE has announced the new dates for the declaration of Class 10th Result 2011. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce the Class Xth Result on 31st May, 2011.
The time of declaration is not yet confirmed. The result of CBSE Class 12th Examination has already been declared.
The results will be based on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) this year. But the collection of CCE data from schools is giving the Board a tough time, hence the delay.
–Agencies
New Delhi, May 28: In the first ever acceptance from the Pakistani side about the involvement of ISI in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, former Foreign Secretary Shaharyar Khan said that lower-level rogue elements in the spy agency might be involved in the carnage.
He, however, said he has “very much doubt” that ISI and military as institutions would like to be part of something like Mumbai attacks as that would be “counter-productive”.
Sydney, May 28: Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne says the cricket world has lost a ‘true character and champion’ in his mentor Terry Jenner.
Jenner, 66, who suffered a massive heart attack in April, passed away on Wednesday in Adelaide.
“Cricket has lost a true character and champion – the world is a lesser place without Terrence James Jenner! Mate I will miss you so much,” Warne was quoted as saying in the `Australian`.
Warne, who recently played his last professional match in the Indian Premier League, recalled his last conversation with Jenner.
Lucknow, May 28: Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh are gearing up for the polls raking up the issues of corruption and farmers problems as the main agenda for their Mission 2012.
Although the elections are nearly a year away in the state, the political parties have already manifested their campaign designs against the Mayawati government in the state.
Mumbai, May 28: Sometimes it’s the small gestures or gifts that make a relationship special. Deepika Padukone recently gave a very romantic gift to boyfriend Siddharth Mallya on his birthday. Guess what it was??
Deepika Padukone was somewhat in a fix as to what to gift her beau. She wanted to lend a personal touch.
Deepika compiled a digital photo album of all the lovely moments that she and Siddharth have shared together and gifted it to him. Siddharth was touched by the gift, particularly because it had Deepika’s personal touch. She had taken the pains to compile it carefully.
New York, May 28: An Indian-origin man, convicted of going on a shooting spree and killing two persons including his estranged wife in a Clifton church in New Jersey, has been awarded a double life sentence without parole by a judge.
Joseph Pallipurath, 29, drove from California to New Jersey in 2008 and shot to death two people in the St Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church. A woman, who is now wheelchair-bound for life, was also injured in the attack.
The victims were his estranged wife Reshma James (24) and Dennis John (25), a parishioner who tried to help her.
Bangalore, May 28: The resolution by the World Health Organization (WHO) to hold on to the two last known remaining stocks of the smallpox virus for “crucial research” raises the spectre of bioterrorism, warns a leading Indian virologist.
“If the destruction is delayed indefinitely, the synthesis and preparation of small pox virus as a bio-weapon, by a non-superpower would increase and it may truly become a poor man’s atom bomb,” says Kalyan Banerjee, former director of the National Institute of Virology in Pune.
Kathmandu, May 28: Riot police dragged away dozens of people protesting near parliament and the government ordered high security in the turbulent capital Saturday, with Nepal’s constitution due to expire at midnight and top parties still at loggerheads over infusing fresh life into it.
With Nepal’s parliament facing dissolution at midnight, the government’s frantic bid to extend its tenure by a year ran into a wall Saturday with the opposition parties refusing to allow the proposal to be tabled.
Dubai, May 27: A Pakistani driver and an Ethiopian prostitute have been jailed for six months each after a court convicted them of having consensual sex.
The Dubai Court of First Instance jailed the couple after the 24-year-old woman, H.M., was convicted of prostitution and allowing the 50-year-old driver, M.A., to have sex with her. The latter was incriminated of having consensual sex.
The two accused will be deported following the completion of their punishments.