Mumbai, July 04: Every sensational murder in recent history has been fodder for creatively-challenged Bollywood. Not far away from the glare of the national media focused on the Susairaj circus, UK teen Scarlet Keeling’s tragic death in Goa and the controversial trial waits to resurface as a masala flick.
Predictably, neither the Goan authorities -struggling to keep the beaches free of pollution and perverts- nor Keeling’s grieving family, are happy about it.
Chennai, July 04: A 13-year-old boy was shot dead after he sneaked into a restricted army residential complex behind the Tamil Assembly to pluck fruits.
Dilshan was the son of day-labourers who live in the nearby Indira Nagar slums, many of whose residents work as domestic helps in the army quarters, police said.
The boy’s family alleged that he was shot in the head by an army sentry when the teenager had gone with three friends to pluck fruits in the complex behind the historic Fort St. George, which houses the Assembly and the secretariat. The other boys escaped.
Mumbai, July 04: It certainly seems to be the wedding season in the Mallya family. Just last month, Laila, born to Vijay’s Mallya’s wife Rekha from her earlier marriage, tied the knot with long-time boyfriend Samar Singh at a luxury resort in Bali.
Varinder Chawla
And now Vijay’s son and heir Sidhartha from his first wife Samira, is dropping broad hints that he too may be ready for a walk down the aisle.
Mumbai, July 04: This is not a rundown runway, but a water park in the outskirts of the city.
In 2005, Air Sahara’s B737 aircraft skidded off the main runway at Mumbai airport and got stuck in a soft grassy patch, playing havoc with flight schedules.
The craft was eventually steered away, and beeped out of the collective radar, till we spotted it at the unlikeliest of places.
At a forlon corner of the Nishiland amusement park, the out -of-action B737 is now a curiosity value, waiting to kiss the skies again someday.
–Agencies
New Delhi, July 04: A 35-year-old woman committed suicide after allegedly killing her 6-year-old daughter in their rented north Delhi house, police said Sunday.
“Pinky, a divorcee, was found hanging from the ceiling fan and her daughter was found dead on the bed in their house at Janata flats in Narela area,” said a senior police officer.
The neighbours called police when after no response when they knocked on the door of the flat, which Pinky had rented a week ago. They also detected a foul smell, and called up the police control room early Sunday.
New Delhi, July 04: A 25-year-old man was arrested here for involvement in an online lottery fraud and duping a man of Rs.50,000, police said Sunday.
“Mohammad Ali, who hails from Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh, was held from Patel Nagar area (of central Delhi) Saturday while he was withdrawing money from a bank account,” said a police officer.
Police said that Ali was held after ICICI Bank gave a written complaint that one of its customers had been defrauded by unidentified people to the tune of Rs.50,000 on the pretext of winning a lottery.
Islamabad, Jul 04:The assassination of Pakistan’s Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti was organised by al-Qaeda-linked militant commander Ilyas Kashmiri and the perpetrators of the crime are currently in Dubai, his brother Paul Bhatti has said.
“The investigations into the murder of my brother Shabhaz are finally on the right track: it is the work carried out by the Taliban and Islamic fanatics. Now we are waiting for the capture of the perpetrators of the crime, who are in Dubai,” Paul said.
Hyderabad, July 04:For the first time in the State, students can now apply for renewal of their scholarships online from 2nd July, 2011. Renewals can be done at http://epass.cgg.gov.in. Only students who have been promoted to the next year can apply.
Students will have to scan and upload Income affidavit, Marks copy of the final exam.
All students must furnish their Ration Card Number and also confirm their bank account number on the website. Students must confirm if they are continuing in the same college and in the same course.
New Delhi, July 03:In the wake of reports that the Gujarat Government has contradicted its senior counsel on destruction of records on 2002 communal riots, Congress today termed it as a “somersault” and accused the Narendra Modi government of “lying” to the people as it has “much to hide”.
This is a classic case of flip, then flop and again flip by Gujarat Government which is doing somersault because it has much to hide. A very senior counsel on behalf of the state government said that records are destroyed in usual course,” Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said.
Hyderabad/New Delhi, July 03:Mounting pressure on the Centre, Congress and TDP legislators from Telangana today asserted that they will resign tomorrow in support of their demand for statehood to the region.
Notwithstanding efforts of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, state Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana and the party leadership to mollify them, Telangana Congress MPs, MLAs and MLCs asserted that they would resign from their posts tomorrow.
Andhra Pradesh seems to be heading for President’s Rule in the wake of a constitutional crisis looming large with Congress legislators belonging to Telangana and Seemandhra regions determined to resign for and against bifurcation of the state respectively.
Riyadh, July 3: The Ministry of Health has announced that it would set up 700 more primary health care centres over the next five years to cater to the increasing number of patients, which reached 50 million last year.
Dr Khalid Al-Mirghalani, spokesman of the ministry, said a strategic plan had been compiled for offering primary health care services to cover even remote villages in the Kingdom. He was talking to the media following a meeting of the Third Health Services Council here recently.
Jeddah, July 3: The police arrested four suspected car thieves recently at a suspected chop-shop in a walled-off area in Al-Khumra District south of the city where dozens of cars were found. The four were caught red-handed dismantling a car.
The police are working on determining the owners of the cars and said the vehicles could be stolen or taken from the street after being abandoned.
One of the arrested – all of the same nationality – is a legal resident while the others are illegals, according to Jeddah Police spokesman Brig. Misfer Al-Juaid.
Mumbai, July 03: The channel airing Bigg Boss has dismissed speculation that Maria Susairaj, who walked out of jail after serving more than three years for the Neeraj Grover murder case, might participate in the fifth season of the reality show.
“There are numerous speculative stories on Maria Susairaj’s participation in Bigg Boss 5. But we’d like to clarify that we have neither approached Maria nor will be doing so in future,” said a spokesperson of Colors, which has aired four seasons of the show.
Riyadh, July 3: The Banking Dispute Resolution Committee has issued decisions in cases totaling more than SR12 billion, involving restoration of the financial rights of individuals and institutions and compensating affected bank clients.
Dr. Ahmad Al-Saleh, the committee’s Secretary General, said the committee received 8,700 cases in 2010. A total of 7,700 decisions were issued while 1,000 cases are still being processed.
He said the committee does not deal with any criminal cases, such as embezzlement or hacking of bank accounts, until it is resolved by the judiciary.
Dammam, July 3: The Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry will host a German catalogue exhibition at its head office in Dammam next Sunday.
Abdulrahman Bin Abdullah Al-Wabel, Secretary General, said the exhibition is considered a “valuable opportunity” to get acquainted with the most significant German products. He said it is also an opportunity to develop mutually beneficial commercial partnerships in different domains and exchange information on investment prospects.
Jeddah, July 3: Al-Waha is one of over 10 Jeddah districts where groundwater is seeping into houses causing considerable damage and health problems, according to residents. Many people believe this is sewage water.
Several residents said they cannot use ground floors of their houses anymore because the stagnant water is attracting insects carrying diseases.
Tripoli, July 3: A defiant Moammar Gaddafi has threatened to carry out attacks in Europe against “homes, offices, families,” unless NATO halts its campaign of airstrikes against his regime in Libya.
The Libyan leader, sought by the International Criminal Court for a brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters, delivered the warning in a telephone message played Friday to thousands of supporters gathered in the main square of the capital Tripoli.
Islamabad, July 3: If provinces had been given autonomy, then East Pakistan would not have been split to become an independent Bangladesh, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.
“The reason (for) separation of East Pakistan 40 years ago was that autonomy was not given to the provinces,” the Associated Press of Pakistan quoted the prime minister as saying.
Gilani made the remark while replying to questions in a monthly programme “PM Online” broadcast live on Pakistan Television and Aaj TV.
Puttaparthi, July 03: Anantapur Joint Collector Anita Ramachandran on Sunday said that the authorities will undertake further inspections of the Yajur Mandir, the personal abode of the late Satya Sai Baba, after another horde of silver and gold ornaments valued over Rs 76 lakh were found during an inspection carried out on Saturday.
Ms Ramachandran said that the further inspections would be carried out very soon. “There are still many envelopes and covers which contain cheques gifted to the late Satya Sai Baba by his devotees,” the Joint Collector said.
London, July 3: Indians visiting Britain on tourist visas will now be able to visit neighbouring Ireland without a visa, under a visa waiver programme announced in Dublin. The waiver programme will run from July 1 until October 2012, a period that includes the London 2012 Olympics, when a large number of Indian and other tourists are expected to visit Britain.
Hyderabad, July 03: For the first time in the State, students can now apply for renewal of their scholarships online from 2nd July, 2011. Renewals can be done at http://epass.cgg.gov.in. Only students who have been promoted to the next year can apply.
Lahore, July 3: Former premier Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks that Pakistan should ‘leave Kashmir alone’ could harm peace talks between the two countries.
“This is not a political statement. Such statements complicate matters. The Indian Prime Minister should not have made such a statement and there was no need for it,” Sharif, the chief of the main opposition PML-N, said during an interaction with reporters.
Washington,July 03: Details of communication between al Qaeda leaders derived from Osama bin Laden’s computers indicate that the terror network is facing massive financial crunch and difficulties in replacing cadres lost in combat with US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other places, a media report said on Saturday.
During the six weeks of intensive study of the materials obtained from Abbottabad compound of Osama bin Laden, where he was killed by special US forces on May 2, the CIA-led inter-agency team prepared some 400 intelligence reports.
Islamabad, July 3: Pakistan is attempting to clear long-pending cases and as part of this effort, Lahore’ sessions and civil courts have disposed of 96,634 cases between January and May.
All the courts at the moment are doing their best to speed up disposal of cases, making sure full justice was done in each case following the guidelines of the National Judicial Policy and instructions of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Daily Times quoted Lahore High Court Registrar Sohail Nasir as saying.