Ahmedabad, July 01: A special court hearing the Samjhauta blast case today declared two of the accused as proclaimed offenders and posted for July 8 the next hearing in the case.
During the in-camera hearing of the case, the court declared Ram Chandra Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange as proclaimed offenders in the case after the NIA said that it had failed to locate them, defence counsel M Rathi told reporters here.
Mumbai, July 01: Revealing that he never wanted to cast Mallika Sherawat for “Murder 2”, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt says that he is planning to make “Murder” a franchise and will be coming out with sequels of the erotic crime thriller.
“We didn’t feel the need of Mallika in “Murder 2”. We never wanted Mallika back because unlike “Murder”, which was a woman’s film, this is a man’s film, ” Bhatt told in an interview.
Bhatt says that casting Sri Lankan actress Jacqueline Fernandez in the film was a spontaneous decision.
Mumbai, July 01: For a new actress making her debut in Aamir Khan’s production didn’t exactly mean a dream run.
Los Angeles-based Poorna Jagannathan, who plays Imran Khan’s leading lady in Delhi Belly concedes that the waiting period of over a year after finishing the shoot was quite restless and frustrating.
Having started in advertising as a consumer and brand strategist, she attributes the career switch to dislike for her job.
Mumbai, July 01: Salman Khan remains unperturbed by the buzz that Ranbir Kapoor’s song was pushed back in the promotional strategy for Chillar Party. The Dabangg dude who’s co-producing the children’s flick asserted that it’s because RK came later into the movie.
“I hope his song does well for him. And the children give him a big hit, ” he said.
Meanwhile…
The sale of fake Being Human t-shirts doesn’t bother Sallu. “Woh unke zameer par hai, ” he says matter-of-factly.
Mumbai, July 01: Shah Rukh Khan is famous for arriving fashionably late.
To launch the musical, Jhumru which will be showcased in Gurgaon, King Khan arrived hours after the scheduled time at the event held in Toronto as part of the film awards weekend.
The star blamed that it was due to the shower taps! He claimed that whenever he travels, it takes him a while to figure out how the taps work in his hotel room.
And by the time he makes sense of it, some hours have elapsed. Bath bath mein, kya SRK?
-Agencies
Surat, July 01: Sherlyn Chopra is looking for an alternate profession these days it seems. At a recent event, the hottie expressed her desire to work as the personal assistant to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The actress was in the city on Friday to attend the inauguration ceremony of women entrepreneurs` exhibition (WEE-2011) organised by the women`s wing of the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI). When quizzed by the scribes present at the event about Modi, the actress said she admired his work.
Hyderabad, July 01: The state government is taking all steps for smooth and peaceful conduct of the Bonalu festival in the twin cities and provide all facilities to devotees, minister for Major Industries and Hyderabad district in-charge J Geeta Reddy said.
The Bonalu in Secunderabad to be held on July 17 and in Hyderabad including Old City on July 24. As Bonalu is a very important festival of Telangana, the minister said she along with the local minister will take up the issue with chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, to declare it as a state festival.
Hyderabad, July 01: A youngster died and his lover suffered injuries after they allegedly tried to end their lives by throwing themselves before a speeding vehicle near Shamirpet on Wednesday night. They took the extreme step while being chased by their parents, who were against their affair.
The duo, Naresh (18), a degree student and Anita Jyoti (14), a class IX student, were neighbours in Shivarampally.
On knowing about the affair, their parents objected to it as they belonged to different communities.
Hyderabad, July 01: “Police force is an instrument of social change. An understanding of the local problems and a sincere effort towards change will earn the respect of the public,” said K Aravinda Rao, director general of police (DGP), Andhra Pradesh, who retired from service on Thursday.
The police personnel turned up in their ceremonial best for the DGP’s farewell parade at the Amberpet police grounds here.
Hyderabad, July 01: A businessman from Karimnagar district, who was allegedly kidnapped 10 days ago, was found murdered and his body stuffed inside a refrigerator in an apartment at Uppal in the city.
The family had paid Rs 1 lakh as ransom to the abductors after the kidnap but they murdered him nevertheless, police said.
Thiruvananthapuram, July 01: The Kerala government will meet all the expenses required to rehabilitate the minor girl who had allegedly been forced into sex with more than 100 people, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. More than 40 people, including her parents, have been arrested.
Chandy has written to Congress legislator V.D. Satheesan, who had sought the chief minister’s intervention in the horrific case, promising that the state government would do all it could to help the girl.
New Delhi, July 01: A train accident was averted here at noon when stationary Bhubaneswar-Delhi Rajdhani express train suddenly left a platform of New Delhi railway station towards Ghaziabad side, creating a wave of panic among the railway staff and onlookers.
Some alert staff tried to board the running train to stop it anyhow while others threw boulders on the tracks to halt the train which had come on the platform from Bhubaneswar and was about to be taken to the yards.
The rolling train could be stopped only when a big iron girder was thrown on the tracks.
Hyderabad, July 01: Central Crime Station (CCS) sleuths filed a chargesheet in the Akbaruddin attack case on Thursday. The special team of CCS headed by investigating officer ACP Maddipati Srinivasa Rao filed the charges before the XII additional metropolitan magistrate, a day before the mandatory period comes to an end.
In the 40-page chargesheet, CCS sleuths named 15 persons as accused and framed charges against 14 persons. One of the accused, Ibrahim Bin Younus, was killed when gunman Jani opened fire to rescue MLA Akbaruddin from the attackers.
Hyderabad, July 1: Dr K. Sudhir Reddy, senior orthopedician and joint replacement surgeon of the Deccan Hospitals, performed a successful knee replacement surgery on 92 year old patient.
Dr K. Sudhir Reddy along with Mr Sriramulu Reddy (patient) said during a press conference that the patient had to walk with great difficulty and now after the surgery the patient is fast recovering.
Dr K. Sudhir Reddy said that most of the patients avoid surgery and rely on pain killers which are harmful for kidneys. However surgery is not needed for every case. He said.
Hyderabad, July 01: A BTech student who set herself ablaze three days ago in Nalgonda district, succumbed to burns at the Osmania General Hospital late on Wednesday.
She was depressed over harassment by a fellow villager who is also a BTech student.
Hyderabad, July 1: Door Darshan Kendra Hyderabad will telecast an interesting and informative symposium on the topic, ‘Journalism: a profession or business’ on Friday, 1st July at 6 pm in Urdu programme ‘Anjuman’.
The repeat telecast of the programme will be aired again at 12 pm.
Mr. Baqar Mirza, Mr. Zia Qaudri, Mr. M A Majid, Mr. Syed Zainul Abidin and Mr. Mohammad Mustafa Ali Sarwari will take part in the symposium .
Siasat news
Hyderabad, July 1: According to convenor EAMCET, EAMCET 2011 ranks will be released by deputy chief minister Damodar Raj Narsimha at 4 pm on July 1, at Conference Hall, AP State Council of Higher Education, Mansab Tank.
EAMCET ranks will be available on apeamcet.org, manabadi.com, schools9.com and other websites.
Siasat news
Hyderabad, July 1: According to Mr. Habeebur Rahman, incharge, Urdu Dani, Zaban Dani, Insha exams conducted by Abid Ali Khan Education Trust (Siasat daily) in collaboration with Idara-e-Adbiat-e-Urdu, Panjagutta are scheduled on Sunday, July 24 from 10 to 1 pm.
Hyderabad, July 1: The shop owners of Sultan bazaar and its surrounding areas who are affected by the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project have announced to observe bandh on July 1. They are demanding for change in project design and alignment. They say that some religious and historic buildings of the area would be destroyed by the project. Businessmen of Telangana Rashtra Samithi have announced their full support to the bandh.
Mexico, July 01: Despite strong, erratic winds, fire-fighters are confident they can keep a wildfire from reaching a mountain community in northern New Mexico that is home to America’s premier nuclear weapons laboratory.
The lab has been shut down since Monday, when all of the town of Los Alamos and some of its surrounding areas, 12,000 people in all, were evacuated.
Lines on the southern and western edges of Los Alamos National Laboratory are holding. But fire officials said Thursday that flames have reached sacred Native American sites to the north.
Hyderabad, July 1: Minister for primary Education Mr. Shailajanath said that TRS chief Mr. K Chandrashekhar Rao is habituated to create panic when he feels that the situation is not conducive for him.
Arriving at the residence of Minister for Panchayat Raj Mr. K Jana Reddy, and trying to give the impression that the crisis like condition prevails is part of his plan, said the minister.
Jalandher, July 01: The sister of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian national on death row in Pakistan, has met him for the second time in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, according to his daughter.
Dalbir Kaur met Singh in the Jail yesterday and the two exchanged presents. An emotional Singh sent wishes for his daughter’s upcoming birthday.
“He has also sent greeting cards for me and my sister,” Singh’s daughter Swapandeep said.
Paris, July 01: A man in a crowd today grabbed French President Nicolas Sarkozy by the shoulder and nearly knocked him to the ground before being tackled by security officers and detained.
The unusually aggressive incident occurred as the President shook hands with a crowd in the town of Brax in southwest France.
The assailant was not armed, according to the national police service. An official with the service said the 32-year-old Frenchman lives in the Lot-et-Garonne region and works in the theater business.
Hyderabad, July 1: Following the criticism by media and Congress circles, the new committee formed for mass marriages of Muslim girls was dissolved within 5 days of its formation.
Issuing fresh orders the government withdrew the GO which was issued earlier. State government has announced the scheme mass marriages of poor girls belonging to Muslim, Christian and Sikh minority communities and it is also implemented. A committee is also formed for mass marriages of poor Muslim girls.
Hyderabad, July 01: The Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, on Thursday exuded confidence that any decision taken by the party high command on the controversial Telangana statehood issue would be accepted by one and all.