Month: August 2011

Mumbai, August 03: Okay, we know that Shah Rukh Khan will launch the Ra.One game a month before the film releases in October.

However, it has been recently learnt that one chapter of the game focuses on Kareena Kapoor, who’s also doing extensive Lara Croft kind of stuntbaazi in it.

Though it’s another thing that she has only a couple of hand-to-hand combat scenes in the movie.

Besides, the game programmers are also working on incorporating her Chhamak Chhalo song in it.

Hyderabad, August 03: The Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) has decided to intensify its agitation from August 8 and called upon government and private employees to take part in the ‘Sakala Janula Samme’ and in the indefinite agitation for a separate state from August 17. The TJAC appealed to the public representatives of Telangana to put in their papers by August 6 and participate in the agitation.

There are few things more sacred to a devout Muslim than the holy month of Ramzan. This is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most significant, since it is month in which the holy Koran was revealed to mankind. The thirty days of Ramzan signify the thirty chapters of Koran.

Dubai, August 03: A British tourist, who cursed a vendor by calling him, the Muslims of Pakistan and Prophet Mohammad [PBUH] unfriendly, has been fined Dh5,000. The Dubai Court of Appeal yesterday convicted the 40-year-old Briton, A.G., for the offences.

“The court has upheld the primary judgment [Dh5,000 fine] and rejected the defendant’s appeal,” said Presiding Judge Rashid Al Sumairi upon pronouncing yesterday’s judgment in courtroom 22.

According to the charge sheet, Prosecutor Hassan Ali accused A.G. of cursing and insulting 21-year-old H.H.

Wife sets husband ablaze

Hyderabad, August 3 (Siasat News): The demand to return the money given as dowry or to divorce, proved fatal for a husband where he was set ablaze by none other than his own wife.

This ghastly incident took place in the jurisdiction of Shankarpally police station. The wife killed her husband while he was fast asleep.

Jeddah, August 03: The price of vegetables and fruit rose by 30 to 50 percent at the Vegetable and Fruit Market in Jeddah, Monday. Potatoes and tomatoes showed the biggest price hike.

A Hail-produced potato sack rose to SR22 to SR23 from its pre-Ramadan price of SR11 to SR12. The price of tomatoes increased 20 percent.

The prices of popular vegetables followed suit. Parsley, dill and coriander rose from SR3 to between SR6 and SR7.

Srikakulam, August 03: Development versus environment and livelihood? The tussle is on in the lush green fields of coastal Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district, bordering Orissa.

Replicating protests and concerns elsewhere in the country, be it Uttar Pradesh or Orissa, farmers and fishermen here are determined to stop two upcoming thermal power projects in Sompeta and Kakarapalli.

Unconvinced by the government’s argument that the projects will develop the backward region, local communities say they are ready to go to any extent to stop them — even court death.

Mumbai, August 03: The fact is well- known by now that Salman Khan picked up a nasty fight with producer Bunty Walia at the birthday party that Sanjay Dutt threw for his wife Maanyata on July 21.

The truth about the ruckus is only coming out now.

Our mole informs that Salman, who was already drunk when he arrived at the party, had been miffed with Bunty ever since the producer broke up with the superstar’s brother Sohail Khan as partners in the business of film production.

The fight at the Dutt mansion however, had nothing to do with the Bunty- Sohail rift.

Srinagar, August 03: Life in Jammu and Kashmir in the capital here and in other towns of the valley was severely affected Wednesday by a shutdown called by separatists to protest the custodial death of a youth.

Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, who heads the breakaway Hurriyat group, and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, called for a valley-wide shutdown to attract international attention towards the death of Zamin Rashid alias Anjum, 26, in police custody, July 31 in Sopore town of north Kashmir.

Monterrey (Mexico), August 03: Cynthia de la Vega, who finished second in a beauty contest that makes her eligible to represent her country at the 2011 Miss World pageant, said she was “in total disagreement” with the decision to strip her of the right to represent Mexico because she was too heavy.

Organisers of the Nuestra Belleza Mexico contest demanded that she lose a few kilos, but they never provided a nutritionist or any other assistance to ensure the weight loss, the beauty queen said in a press conference Monday in the northern city of Monterrey.

Hyderabad, August 03: Mr K.T.S. Tulsi, senior counsel appearing for Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy, said if an investigation was ordered on him, nearly 75 per cent of the Cabinet will be under investigation.

Mr K.T.S. Tulsi, senior counsel appearing for Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy, said if an investigation was ordered on him, nearly 75 per cent of the Cabinet will be under investigation.

Belgrade, August 03: A hand grenade was detected in a package sent through regular mail to the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, a media report said.

The grenade was discovered when the package was passed through the court’s scanner. It was addressed to the “President of the Court”, media reported citing Bosnian news agency Fena.

Sarajevo police officials conducting a forensic analysis said the package originated from the central Bosnian town of Zepce and finger prints on the package had been identified. They did not release further details

Rome, August 03: An Italian parliamentary commission on Tuesday approved a draft law banning women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public.

The draft, passed by the constitutional affairs commission, would prohibit women from wearing a burqa, naqab or any other garb that covers the face in such circumstances. It would expand a decades-old law that for security reasons prohibits people from wearing face-covering items such as masks in public places.

Washington, August 03: A homeless man was in custody on Tuesday night after climbing over the White House fence.

The man was immediately captured by uniformed Secret Service agents, who guard the complex round the clock, said agency spokesman Ed Donovan. He had a backpack that Donovan said was being examined for possible explosive material.

Donovan said the man, James Dirk Crudup, 41, was being transferred to District of Columbia police for processing. He faces charges of unlawful entry and contempt of court for violating an order to stay away from the White House, Donovan said.

Mumbai, August 03: Singham” actress Kajal Aggarwal Monday made her debut on the ramp at the India International Jewellery Week (IIJW). Kajal, who has worked in more than 20 Telugu and Tamil films and was recently seen opposite Ajay Devgan in Rohit Shetty’s “Singham”, strutted down the ramp as the show stopper for CVM Exports at IIJW’s last show on Day two.

Hyderabad, August 3: National Integrity award was bestowed upon Mr. Mohammad Ahmed Bari, Assistant general manager Minority Finance Corporation Andhra Pradesh, by National Integration committee on the occasion of National Integrity conference held at Prakasham Hall Gandhi Bhawan. Mr. Farooq Husain MLC gave away the award.

Mr. Mohammad Ahmed Bari has been rendering constructive services for more than two decades for the implementation of minority welfare schemes of the government.

Siasat news

Hyderabad, August 03: The State Human Rights Commission on Tuesday directed that the Khammam district police superintendent submit a report on the alleged sexual harassment of two girl students of a government school.

Gandhinagar,August 03 :Call it a change of heart or an efficient camouflage, trigger- happy former DIG D. G. Vanzara is now looking forward to a course in Gandhian Studies.

Lodged behind the bars, Vanzara, who is accused in a host of fake encounter cases in Gujarat, including the Sohrabuddin Sheikh murder case and the Tulsiram Prajapati alleged fake encounter, has already done a Post Graduate Diploma in Value Education and Spirituality offered by Annamalai University and sponsored by the Brahmakumaris, a neo- religious Hindu movement.

Hyderabad, August 03: The state government woke up late to the severity of the crop holiday in East and West Godavari districts and launched a fire fighting exercise.

Srinagar, August 03: Normal life in Kashmir Valley was disrupted on Wednesday due to a strike call given by hardline Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani to protest against the custodial death of a youth in Sopore town.

Schools, shops, business establishments, private offices and banks remained closed in most pasts of the Valley due to the strike, officials said.

Sopore and other adjoining areas observed a complete shutdown as roads wore a deserted look in the apple town, 55 km from here.

Hyderabad, August 03: A trial court hearing the Satyam scam on Tuesday reserved till August 4 its order on the bail pleas of prime accused B Ramalinga Raju and seven other accused.

After hearing arguments and counter arguments from the CBI and defence over the last two days, the XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court reserved its order.

CBI counsel K Surender who opposed the bail pleas of the Satyam accused said there was no change in circumstances and hence bail was not necessary.

Karachi, August 03: The planned three-match football series between India and Pakistan in the UK has been derailed and the two countries will now play just one match of the scheduled tie, at Derby on September 3.

A senior official of the Pakistan Football Federation confirmed that due to logistical issues and the holy month of Ramazan, just one Test would now be played between the two countries on September 3.

Bhopal,August 03 :WHEN 35- year- old Rayloo suffered excruciating pain in his stomach, he decided to get himself admitted in the hospital. After examining Rayloo, doctors at the Chindwara district hospital in Madhya Pradesh suspected a case of hernia and decided to conduct a routine operation.

But the team of doctors who operated upon Rayloo were in for a shock. What they thought to be hernia turned out to be two ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes and cervix — the female reproductive organs.

Bhopal, August 03 (Pervez Bari): As many as 1.41 lakh children of weaker sections against the total vacancy of 1,70,987 lakh seats have been admitted in different private schools in Madhya Pradesh under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act up till now. Under the Act, 25 per cent seats are reserved for children of weaker sections of the society.

Hyderabad, August 03: Mr. Haneef Ali, President, BJP Minority Morcha appealed to Govt. of India to provide at least Rs. 100 Crore more for Postmatric Scholarships to Muslim students. He said that Govt. of India has fixed a quota at 22,760 Postmatric Scholarships for the State which is not sufficient.