Mumbai, June 29: One just heard actor Ranveer Singh say loudly, “Oh I am so stressed.” Not once but twice as he tried to get into a lift to go to his room at a Bollywood awards function in Toronto. Sources said that he had a showdown with his rumoured actress girlfriend Anushka Sharma yet again. Yes, apparently the couple keeps fighting continuously and patch up even faster.
Mumbai, June 29: A day after Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, “Aishwarya is expecting”, HT Café had consulted medical practitioners on the due date going by recent pictures of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The experts believed that Baby B would make an appearance close to mother Aishwarya’s birthday, November 1. Paa-to-b
e, Abhishek Bachchan confirms the news: “We’ve not been given a date yet, but yes, it is a November baby.
Beijing, June 29: Chinese military has set up “Online Blue Army”, a dedicated web network aimed to beef up internet security of its defence installations from cyber attacks.
The “Online Blue Army” is based on the People’s Liberation Army, (PLA) needs and enforcing the ability of Internet security protection is an important issue in its military training programs, Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said.
New Delhi, June 29: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi have held another round of consultations on the expected reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, as per reports on Tuesday. This was the second meeting between the two leaders in the past one week on the issue.
Sonia Gandhi has also started meeting the ministers individually, reports added. It is believed that Sonia is keen on some ministers being dropped from the Cabinet so that they can take up key party positions.
Hyderabad, June 29: Even before civil works could begin, metro rail has hit a roadblock at Chadarghat. According to sources, Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) brought pressure on the GHMC to stop acquiring properties it had identified on the 2-km stretch between Mahatma Gandhi Central Bus Station (Imliban) and Malakpet.
The GHMC has identified 67 buildings for takeover but it could get control of only five of them till date. The acquisition process came to a standstill five months ago.
Mumbai, June 29: It has been revealed that Anil Jadhav, the cop who was arrested in a raid at a rave party in Pune was an ‘undercover’ agent. The revelation, if proved true, can once again leave Mumbai Police red-faced.
Jadhav pleading innocence hinted that his arrest was part of a conspiracy hatched by rivals in the department. His lawyers say he was at the party performing official duties undercover.
Jadhav’s lawyer Rizwan Merchant said, “Anil Jadhav was there to only verify information about what was going on.”
Jamaica, June 29: Bolt said just like Tendulkar, he also has to deal with the expectations of millions of his fans but the adulation motivates him.
“I use it (pressure of expectation) as a positive. It is nice when so many people are interested in what you do and concerned by the outcome. I find it motivating,” said Bolt, the world record holder (9.58secs) in 100m. Bolt”s famous ”bow and arrow” celebration pose was imitated by the Indian cricket team during the recent World Cup and he said he felt honoured.
Delhi, June 29: The joy of motherhood is shrouded with the fear for life for a 24-year-old woman who has nowhere to go in her ninth month of pregnancy.
Her in-laws have been ousted from their village as she married a person of a different caste. Her father in law, a mosque cleric, was beaten up and paraded naked by her parents and other villagers after she fled with her husband who she had secretly married.
Mumbai, June 29: Neha Dhupia relationship with squash player Ritwik BhattacharyaIt’s the season of love in Bollywood, at least for actor Neha Dhupia. The former Miss India, who ended her relationship with squash player Ritwik Bhattacharya last year, is now reportedly dating Venezuelan eyecandy Jimmy.
Jimmy accompanied the Phas Gaye Re Obama star to IIFA as well. “How and where she met him is a mystery. But she is definitely in love with that man, who she was constantly with, in Toronto, last weekend,” a source told Mumbai Mirror.
Mumbai, June 29: Aamir Khan act to negative role in Dhoom 3Dhoom, India’s version of the hi-octane thriller films is one of the most successful series in Bollywood. The much talked about third part of Dhoom has finally got the booster shot it needed. It is now official that Aamir Khan will be playing the villain in Dhoom: 3.
New Delhi, June 29: A section of Muslims, in a signed statement endorsed by two prominent clerics, accused minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid of “blasphemy” — a serious charge under Islam only to retract it later.
Khurshid had said the Sachar committee report was “not the Quran” that it could not be questione d and had to be followed word for word. This prompted Muslims who have differences with Khurshid on wakf reform to cry “blasphemy”.
Thrissur, June 29: Considered to be India’s oldest mosque, the 1,400-year-old Cheraman Juma Masjid at nearby Kodungalloor will soon be renovated at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore.
The Cheraman Juma Masjid in Kodungallur, believed to be the country’s first and oldest mosque, will soon be restored to its original form. Its management committee was giving final touches to a renovation project that would start in September, according to masjid president P.A. Mohammed Sayed.
Hyderabad, June 29: Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) chief K Chiranjeevi tonight claimed that people of Andhra Pradesh were longing to see him as state chief minister in real life rather than in reel life.
“Why CM in cinema? People are aspiring to see me as chief minister in real life itself,” Chiranjeevi shot back when a spectator wanted him to play the role in a movie.
The incident occurred at the launch of UTV’s Action Telugu movie channel in Hyderabad tonight.
The actor-turned-politician also announced on the occasion that he would not act in films anymore.
Hyderabad, June 29: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy reportedly briefed Governor E S L Narasimhan about government?s action against the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust in the wake of certain allegations about financial irregularities.
The Chief Minister, after paying floral tributes to former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao at the PV Ghat on the Necklace Road here on the occasion of Rao’s 91st birth anniversary today, headed to the Raj Bhavan for an unscheduled meeting with the Governor, official sources said.
Hyderabad, June 29: Earlier this month, when it had reported about how a Hindu couple fought fundamentalist forces to give life to a Muslim girl, Sonia, orphaned during the 2007 Hyderabad blasts.
After days of being subjected to harassment, Papalal and Jayshree have now been nominated for National Communal Harmony award by the National Commission for Minorities.
Jaunpur (U.P), June 29: In a glaring episode of unholy nexus between anti-social elements and police department, a BPL family headed by old-aged man was made to ‘flee’ his home and village in order to protect himself and his family. Though the story looks cinematic, but this is a real life of Kaleem Ansari.
New Delhi, June 29: The Delhi High court has upheld a trial court’s order acquitting a man accused of torture and dowry harassment of his daughter-in-law, who later committed suicide at her parents’ house.
The division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice G.P. Mittal said: “We are satisfied that the trial court’s findings as well as conclusions were well founded and well reasoned.”
The high court said this earlier in the month while hearing a petition filed by the prosecution against Kiran Chand’s acquittal by the lower court Aug 12, 2010.
27 Rajjab, the seventh month of Islamic calander ,is an important Muslim holiday called Isra wal Mi’raj, or Noctornal Journey and Ascension into Heaven. It is the night when the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W)was spiritually and physically transported from Mecca to Jerusalem and then to heaven where he reached a high stage of nearness to God Almighty.
The purpose of the Ascent was to confirm the high status of the Prophet of Islam. On the way, the Holy Prophet met Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. It is said that the archangel Gabriel accompanied the Holy Prophet.
Gandhinagar, June 29: The controversial Gujarat cadre IPS officer, Sanjiv Bhatt, who had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of an anti-minority stance during the 2002 communal riots, will now have to pay Rs.1 lakh to the State government treasury within a month.
New Delhi: Former al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden discussed the issue of his remarriage with his first wife Najwa bin Laden and went ahead only after her approval, according to American writer Jean Sasson who interviewed Najwa and her son for a controversial biography.
Laden, who was killed by elite US forces in Pakistan, discussed with Najwa the subject of taking more wives for many months, Sasson told in an interview.
London, June 29: India’s Sania Mirza and Russian Elena Vesnina advanced to the quarterfinal of women’s doubles in Wimbledon Championships with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia and Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland Tuesday.
The Indo-Russian pair, seeded fourth, will next take on Spain’s Nuria Llagostera and Arantxa Parra Santonja.
Sania and Vesnina had also made it to the title round of French Open.
–IANS
It was while surfing for Young Justice fan-works that I came across the advertisement for BURAAQ, an independent comic book featuring the world’s first American Muslim superhero. Intrigued – and having found that the first issue was available free as a PDF – I was quick to read it. It begins by introducing the title hero – Buraaq’s – home city, and detailing a recent rash of hate crimes terrorizing the city’s immigrant populace.
Mumbai, June 29: Bollywood singer-actor Lucky Ali has married for the third time. He tied the knot with a British model at a private ceremony a few months back and his new wife is expecting, reports Times of India.
“He is not only married but his wife is also pregnant,” the report quoted a source as saying.
“He was convinced that marriage was the right thing to do. There are no problems in the family and he has taken care of the finances for all his three wives,” the source added.
Mumbai, June 29: Newly single Katrina Kapoor is all raring to go with one big release lined up in July, Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara’. The actress also has three Yash Raj banner films in her kitty.
In a candid interview to a film magazine, the actress opened up about her past relationships and her newly single status.
The actress, who was recently adjudged as the sexiest women in the world by a magazine, feels that it is the love of her fans that has made her what she is. But she also admits that such polls do not help as they don’t fetch her boyfriend.
The belief in the words of “Lá iláha illallah” cause one to enter Islam, to refute all deities and accept Allah as the only God and Lord of the Universe and what it contains. No one can be a Muslim without believing and adhering to the tenets of of Lá iláha illallah.
Lá iláha illallah is the belief in the divine lordship of Allah (referred to as “ruboobiyyah”), meaning believing that Allah is the only one power who creates, gives life and death, and maintains the affairs of all that’s in this universe.