Mumbai, June 02: She swept floors and brought things from her home on the sets of her maiden production venture. Actress-turned-producer Dia Mirza got so involved in the production of `Love, Breakups, Zindagi` that her partner Zayed Khan had to actually scold her to calm her down.
Hyderabad, June 2 (INN): After a long period of trying to outmanoeuvre each other, Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu may have managed to bell the proverbial cat and get the better of YSR Congress Party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy by his decision to introduce a No Confidence Motion against the Congress government.
Mr Naidu’s decision, in all probability will leave Mr Jaganmohan Reddy exposed and force him to reveal his true strength, or lack of it.
On paper, the Congress looks likely to defeat the No Confidence Motion to be introduced by the TDP convincingly.
New Delhi, June 02: Two men were arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a 22-year old woman, Police said. Both men are drivers of Chief Minister Shiela Dixit’s convoy.
Jagdish Kumar and Rajesh Kumar, both around 35, were arrested late Wednesday and were set free on bail Thursday.
According to the woman’s brother Mohit, the incident occurred around 10.15 p.m. Wednesday when the woman was standing outside her home in central Delhi to find an auto for her friend.
Paris, June 02: Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first Indian woman to enter a Grand Slam doubles final.
Sania, who lifted a Grand Slam title when she won the mixed doubles with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi at the Australian Open in 2009 after losing the final the previous year, is in the midst of her best year on the Tour.
From a career-best ranking of 27 in 2007, Sania went hurtling down to 141 at the start of the year after a series of injuries in the last two years.
Hyderabad, June 2: Declaring the fresh resignation threat by public representatives of Congress for separate Telangana as just a show Telangana Rashtra Samithi said that Telangana leaders of Congress have become a laughing stock by making such announcements.
It should be noted that the Telangana MPs of Congress have announced on Wednesday that they would resign from parliament in July if the Telangana bill is not introduced in monsoon session in June.
Chicago, June 02: Unlike th Indian judicial system where the cases remain pending for a long time, the verdict of in the trial of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, co-accused in the Mumbai terror attacks with David Coleman Headley, is likely to come as early as on June 8 as the Chicago businessman is not interested to testify at his own trial.
Attorney Patrick Blegen said Tahawwur Rana’s defence team was still making a final decision, but that it was unlikely Rana would take the stand.
Dubai, June 02: An Asian man in Ajman has been charged of murdering his father in law while drunk following a dispute because of his wife’s separation from him, the Arabic language daily Emirat Alyoum reported on Thursday.
The unidentified defendant told court that he could not remember killing his father in law because he was drunk, the paper said.
The prosecutor said the man used a sharp object to hit his wife’s father on the head before stabbing him many times. He then left the murder tools at his home and fled to nearby Sharjah, where he was later caught by the police.
Mumbai, June 02: Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha turns 24 on Thursday.
“Happy Birthday Sonakshi Sinha. Have a great day and fantastic year ahead. Wishing the Dabangg girl super success in life,” tweeted actor-producer Arbaaz Khan.
“Here’s wishing @sonakshisinha a very happy birthday ! GOD bless you,” actor Neil Nitin Mukesh posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.
The gorgeous actor, who attracted the attention of Indians by her wonderful performance as a village girl in ‘Dabangg’, is all set to appear on the small screen with her father actor Shatrughan Sinha.
Mumbai, June 02: We all know that Salman Khan and his Ready co-star Asin are very close to each other. Here is a why the two, who previous starred together in London Dream, are such good friends.
Says an insider, “Asin and Salman have come very close since the time they started shooting in Sri Lanka and Thailand.
It started when they spent hours not just working together but also working out together in the gym there. Asin first started asking Salman for some fitness tips. Soon, he turned into her fitness trainer.
Mumbai, June 02: Jacqueline Fernandez who has done some dare-bare scenes in Murder 2 has apparently, walked endlessly in the film. Considering that she had to flaunt a fit and toned body, walking certainly helped and she could also skip her workouts on that day of the shoot.
While shooting in Goa, the actress had to walk barefoot on the beaches for a major part of the shoot.
Says a unit source, “Apart from making rapid strides on the beaches, for some drunken scenes she also had to keep falling on a rough terrain and she did it without a knee-cap.
Mumbai, June 02: Pratik is finding it tough to get paired with heroines who can match his temperament and youthful looks on screen.
In the two years that Pratik has been around, several actresses have found their projects with the Babbar boy either called off or revised.
Chitrangda Singh
Was paired with Smita Patil’s son in a film titled Sufi. Aditya Dhar directs this film on crime and gangsters. Sources says the parts were perfect for both. Most of the shooting was to begin and conclude during the monsoons.
Mumbai, June 02: Ameesha Patel celebrates her birthday on June 9. The actress-turned-producer has a high-end label host a pre-birthday bash for her on June 5 at their store at a Bandra hotel.
They have been inviting all her dear and near ones for the celebration. Why Ameesha?
Simply because she loves their bags, especially the ones in her favourite colour pink.
Guess everyone knows what gift she will receive from them!
-Agencies
Mumbai, June 02: The Dubai premiere of Ready on Wednesday night turned out to be an affair to remember. Being his first release after Dabangg the curiosity and excitement among the Dubai crowds infected not only Salman but also producers Bhooshan Kumar, Kishen Kumar and director Anees Bazmi who accompanied them.
Says Anees on Thursday morning after returning to Mumbai, “It as an experience not to be forgotten easily. There were as many people standing outside the four screenings we had in Dubai as there were inside the theatres. ”
Hyderabad, June 2: Announcing that the government is ready to face the no confidence motion to be introduced by the opposition parties against the government, Transport minister Mr. B Satyanaraya said that both TDP who was in power and the YSR Congress eager to gain power are attacking the government just for the greed of power while both the parties have no agenda for serving people.
Transport minister Mr. B Satyanaraya told this while addressing a press conference here at CLP office assembly.
Beijing, June 02: A student sold his kidney for 20,000 yuan (S$3,800) to buy an iPad 2.
The 17-year-old boy named Xiao Zheng, wanted the gadget but did not have money. He then found out online that he could sell his kidney for fast cash.
The person told the teenager he could get 20,000 yuan if he sold his kidney.
Three men, believed to be members of an organ selling syndicate, met the boy at a hospital in Chenzhou, Hunan, on April 28 to have his kidneys removed.
They gave him an extra 2,000 yuan when they left.
London, June 02: A Canadian politician has termed Prince William and his wife Catherine “parasites”, just ahead of the royal couple’s trip to the North American country, a media report said.
Amir Khadir, the 49-year-old Iran-born leader of the Left-wing Quebec Solitaire party, said the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Canada would be a “waste of public funds”, the Daily Express reported.
Islam, as we know, provides a comprehensive system of life. As such, it lays down certain basic principles to guide us in all of our activities.
An essential requirement in all our affairs concerning two or more persons is that of Shura, or consultation. Shura must take place in all situations – in our homes and all other areas of our society. It was denied us by authoritarian regimes back home, and its deficiency has led to multiple problems in our society.
Hyderabad, June 2: Newly appointed member of the legislative council Mrs A Laxmi Shivkumari on Wednesday paid a good will visit to chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and expressed her gratitude for appointing her for council.
Women and child welfare minister Mrs. Sunitha Lakhshma Reddy, Principal Secretary rural development R Subramaniam and other senior officials were present on the occasion.
Mrs. Lakhshmi Shiva Kumari said that by appointing her for council CM has revered the members of one crore self help groups.
Mrs. Kumari belongs to a Dalit family.
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Moradabad, June 02: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has attacked Baba Ramdev, who has threatened to go on an agitation on the issue of corruption, dubbing him more of a businessman than a ‘sanyasi’
“Even to teach yoga, he charges Rs. 50,000 from those who sit in the front seats, Rs. 30,000 for the backseat and Rs. 1000 for the last seat. What else is this?” he said addressing a meeting.
The Congress general secretary said the party was not scared of Baba Ramdev and is holding discussions with him.
British female prison officer has been suspended over allegations that she had an affair with a murderer at the prison where she works.
The officer faces accusations of having slept with Leigh Thornhill, who is jailed at Wakefield Prison for killing a mother-of-two and violently attacking another woman on a single night.
The 27-year-old ex-soldier was found guilty of killing 38-year-old Corinne Bailey with a piece of wood on August 16, 2003. Bailey’s body was discovered near Thornhill’s home with 68 separate injuries to her head, torso and limbs.
Hyderabad, June 02: Seven persons, including a Telugu Desam party (TDP) leader from Kadapa district, were killed and five others injured in two separate accidents in different parts of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, police said.
The TDP leader Venkata Swamy Reddy, along with four others, was travelling in an Innova car from Kadapa to Hyderabad when it collided with a truck on NH-18 between Nandyal-Panyam in Kurnool district at around 1.30 am on Wednesday.
Reddy and three others died on the spot, they said.
Hyderabad, June 02: Going by the annual property returns submitted by IAS officials in the state, it seems that they are not as rich as one might have thought them to be.
Several officials claimed that they owned either ancestral properties or the ones which the government had allotted them. Some showed properties of low value despite being located in prime localities.
Hyderabad, June 02: The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh Thursday decided to move no-confidence motion against the state’s Congress government.
TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu told reporters that the party would give notice for the no-confidence motion to Deputy Speaker N. Manohar.
Stating that the motion is being moved on problems faced by farmers, Naidu said his party is ready for any situation, including elections to the state assembly.
The former chief minister said the government has lost the confidence of people.
Hyderabad, June 02: The Censor Board officials and the police raided the Odeon theatre on Wednesday and seized the print of the Telugu film Veera, which was being screened with all the scenes objected to and cut by the four-member examining committee.
Ms Dhanalaxmi, regional officer of the Board, sought an explanation from the filmmakers for “clandestinely” including scenes with a snake and some violent visuals that were cut by the examining committee.
Hyderabad, June 02: The Congress president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, is reportedly disturbed about the party’s prospects in Andhra Pradesh due to lack of coordinated efforts between the party and the government. Sources close to the AICC told this newspaper that very recently Mrs Gandhi had reportedly discussed the AP affairs at the party’s Core Committee meet. She was unhappy over the lack of coordination after the party’s poor performance in the Kadapa bypolls.