Mumbai, July 02: Every now and again comes a film that redefines the cinema of a country, infusing adrenalin into the incredibly staid world of Bollywood. The last time such a seismic event came to pass in the industry was when Dil Chahta Hai released in 2001.
Mumbai, July 02: Salman Khan and Sajid Khan’s friendship is about to be tested. And if their relationship can withstand the box office duel remains to be seen. YRF recently announced that its production, Ek Tha Tiger, starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, is slated to release on June 1, 2012.
This happens to coincide with the release of Sajid Nadiadwala and Sajid Khan’s Housefull 2. While Salman and Sajid Khan’s friendship is still in safer territory, the same cannot be said for the actor and Sajid Nadiadwala, who have shared a strained relationship for some time.
United Nations, July 02: South Sudan will officially celebrate the founding of the nation July 9, Xinhua reported.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend the celebration in Juba, which will be the capital of the new country.
He will meet with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the staff of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) after he arrives in Juba July 7, his spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
The independence celebration is being organised, six months after South Sudan’s residents voted in a UN-backed referendum to secede from the rest of Sudan.
–IANS–
Bogota, July 02 : In a proverbial battle of the sexes, women of Barbacoas, Colombia, have banned their men from having sex
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Over 300 women have joined the protest, called ‘The Legs Crossed Strike’, against their husbands and boyfriends.
Moscow, July 02: Russia has one million personnel in the armed forces and will not be downsized further, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said Friday.
“When the personnel strength of the armed forces stands at one million, we will not reduce it anymore,” Serdyukov said at a meting with Russian defence observers.
Ahmedabad, July 02: Around 100 youngsters across Gujarat had their dreams crashed when Deccan Charters, that had hired them two months ago, terminated their contracts on Thursday.
Thursday was the last working day for the bright talents who were lured with a salary hike of around 65 per cent by the airline which was to start its intrastate service from Ahmedabad.
Hyderabad, July 02: The increase in White Collar and cyber crime rate may come under check if new Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy’s assurance on the issue is anything to go by.
Mr Dinesh Reddy, who took charge as the new DGP met Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at the Secretariat on Friday and asserted that checking crime tops his agenda.
He was speaking to INN while reaching his car from the Chief Minister’s Office in C Block.
Hyderabad, July 02: Markets at Sultan Bazaar, Koti, Putli Bowli and Badi Chowdi kept their shutters down for the day on Friday, with the Sultan Bazaar Parirakshana Samithi calling for a bandh. The bandh was declared to protest against the recent remarks made by the chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in connection with opposition to the metro rail project. Leaders from various opposition parties attended the public meeting held at Sultan Bazaar, extending their support to the traders.
Hyderabad, July 02: Five persons, including three women, were killed when their auto was hit by a train at an unmanned level crossing in Narketpally mandal of Nalgonda district on Friday evening. Among the victims were four farm workers and the auto driver. Five others were severely injured.
Hyderabad, July 02: The AICC general secretary, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Friday categorically announced that Mr K. Chiranjeevi will have to wait for some more time to get a berth in the Union Cabinet. Talking to newsmen after attending a “high tea” arranged by Mr Chiranjeevi at his residence, Mr Azad said, “We want him to be a minister in the Union Cabinet. For that he needs to be elected as an MP. At present there are no vacancies in the Rajya Sabha also. So he will have to wait at least for a year.”
Hyderabad, July 02: Several Congress and BJP leaders from the Maheswaram constituency of Ranga Reddy district have joined the TDP at NTR Trust Bhavan here on Friday.
The party senior leader and former Mayor Mr. Tigala Krishna Reddy has introduced the leaders to the party chief Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu. Mr. Naidu has given them yellow colour shawls and invited them into the party.
Those who joined the party included Mr. Bhikshapati, Mr. Srisailam, Mr. Yesu Padam, Mr. Venkatesh and others.
—Andhraheadlines
Hyderabad, July 02: The central leadership of the Congress has advised its MPs and state legislators from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh not to act in haste over the issue of a separate state, saying no problem can be solved through resignations.
Reacting to the decision of Congress MPs, ministers and legislators from Telangana to resign on Monday to protest the delay in carving out a separate Telangana state, Congress general secretary Gulam Nabi Azad said it is not a small issue which can be solved in two or four days.
New Delhi, July 02: The Congress Friday denied it was facing a crisis in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the decision of its MPs and legislators from Telangana to resign in support of their demand for a separate state, saying the party had internal mechanisms to take care of such situations.
Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Telangana was an emotive issue for Congress leaders from the region and “the party understands it”.
“No crisis… There are internal mechanisms in place to take into account of these sentiments,” Singhvi said, answering queries on the issue.
Mohali, July 02: A security guard, who failed to immediately open the entrance gate of a residential area here, was brutally murdered by an local resident and his friend early Friday, police said. Both have arrested.
The guard, Chotte Lal was posted at the entrance gate of an area in phase 3B2 when the incident happened.
The arrested accused were identified as Amardeep Singh Virk, who lived in the colony, and his friend Taranvir Singh Sahota, resident of neighbouring Kharar town.
Hyderabad, July 01: A young couple’s love story had a tragic ending when they were hit by a speeding truck while fleeing police in Shamirpet. While the 24-year-old youth died, his 15-year-old lover sustained severe injuries in the accident.
Naresh, 24, a graduate from Harijanbasti of Shivrampally, fell in love with a class IX student, Anita Jyoti of the same locality. On Sunday afternoon, the couple eloped and went to Naresh aunt’s house in Pragnapur of Medak district.
Hyderabad, July 1: Andhra Pradesh Horticultural University, in collaboration with DAATT centre Warangal, is conducting one day training programme on cultivation and use of medicinal plans on July 2 at 10 am at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Mulugu road, Warangal.
Interested persons can register their names on phone nos 9989623814, 24013331, 9912010822, 93933876429.
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New Delhi, July 01: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will Saturday meet Gandhian Anna Hazare and other representatives of civil society to discuss the Lokpal bill.
‘The meeting between team Anna and Sonia Gandhi is confirmed for tomorrow (July 2),’ Aswathi Muralidharan, a member of the NGO Parivartan which is canvassing support for the Lokpal bill, told IANS.
The meeting is scheduled for 4.30 p.m. It was earlier scheduled for June 30, but was cancelled.
New Delhi, July 01: The Congress Friday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for not taking a stand on the Lokpal bill or on the issue of the inclusion of prime minister under the Lokpal’s purview.
Talking to reporters here, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said the main opposition party was interested in only attacking the government and not in the Lokpal.
Bellary, July 1: Tapal Ganesh of TNR Mines took exception to the police department’s move to suspend three police officials for failing to serve court summons to Minister G Janardhan Reddy.
Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, he said that when even officials of the cadre of SP and DySP need to take appointment to see Reddy at his residence or home office, how can any head constable or others just above that cadre reach and serve court summons to the ‘powerful’ minister.
–Agencies
Bangalore, July 1: The High Court on Thursday dismissed the writ petition seeking Rs 2.5 crore as compensation from former Mysore DC Harsha Gupta for demolishing a portion of Planet X amusement park and advised the petitioner to approach the civil court. Justice Shylendra Kumar observed that the order passed by the DC is not a non-speaking order and there are two reports stating that the petitioner had encroached the land.
The action of the DC in hastily demolishing the portions of the resort is bad in law.
Bangalore, July 1: The Medical Council of India (MCI) has granted permission for 700 additional medical seats in Karnataka with colleges at at Hassan, Mandya, Raichur, Shimoga and Bidar being granted 100 additional seats each.
The increase in intake proposed for the government colleges in Bidar and Belgaum have also been cleared.
The 700 seats will be offered to students during the second round of CET counselling.
A special round of counselling is likely.
New Delhi, July 1: Supreme Court on Thursday allowed private medical colleges in Karnataka to admit the five post-graduate medical students whom they had selected on Wednesday.
The selected candidates must satisfy the conditions and the criteria prescribed by the Medical Council of India (MCI), the SC said.
Bangalore, July 1: From now on, teaching students basic things such as hygiene and sanitation will fetch affiliated schools of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) bonus points, and they can even win awards for doing so.
Mysore, July 1: A herd of four elephants created panic in Heggadeva Kote taluk villages. The herd destroyed standing crops and attacked Chandre Gowda (45), working in the fields.
He has been shifted to hospital in Mysore. The villagers first sighted the jumbos in the sugarcane fields in Naganahalli on Wednesday night.
For three hours the jumbos ran helter-skelter. As the field was fenced, they had to beat drums, and even burst crackers till noon.
–Agencies
Bangalore, July 1: An undertrial prisoner at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the jail premises on Thursday morning. The deceased has been identified as Shashidhar, a resident of Kattigenahalli.
According to police, Shashidhar was arrested on charges of dowry harassment after his wife and child committed suicide about six months ago. The reason for his death is yet to be ascertained, police said.
However, the jail authorities maintained that Shashidhar was suffering from asthma and he was taken to the hospital in jail premises today.