Mumbai, August 28: What could be better than a long drive during the monsoons in a Range Rover with Kareena Kapoor? She comes across someone who has no starry tantrums and is very warm and friendly.
She was in Ahmedabad to promote her new film Bodyguard with Salman Khan. She inquires about the new things in the city and it feels like one is chatting with a new friend who was trying to know more about the city and not someone who is Bollywood’s top heroine.
Mumbai, August 28: The 19-year-old son of the chairman of a school in Mira Road has been arrested for allegedly molesting a four-year-old student. The victim is a nursery student of Don Bosco School at Sai Plaza in Shanti Park.
On Thursday afternoon, the accused, Kamlesh Khicha, allegedly took the victim to a toilet on the school premises and molested her. Kamlesh is the son of the school’s chairperson Jitendra Khicha.
Jitendra was not available for comment. A person claiming to be Kamlesh’s uncle said Jitendra was in Surat and refused to talk about the arrest.
New Delhi, August 28: Popular Front of India (PFI) has become a new petitioner in the Babri Masjid case as the group has filed a Special Leave Petition before Supreme Court of India challenging the verdict of Allahabad High Court which has divided the Babri Masjid land into three parts with two-thirds for Hindus and one-third for Muslims.
New Delhi, August 28: As Parliament initiated a discussion on his three demands on Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare today trained his guns at MPs saying that around 150 of them were facing criminal charges and people should not elect “useless” lawmakers next time.
In his second address to supporters within two hours, the 74-year-old Gandhian said people expected a lot from the MPs but they did not live up to the expectations and that he would tour the country to appeal to people not to vote for them again.
New delhi,August 28 :”I am Anna’s Hanuman,” says activist Arvind Kejriwal.
He was responding to a question about his equation with Anna Hazare.
Kejriwal is considered one of the brains behind the Jan Lokpal Bill campaign.
Chennai,August 27 :Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalaithaa today assured the Islamic community that the AIADMK government would always be a protector of the people of the community.
“I want to give you the assurance that the AIADMK government would always protect the Islamic community people,” she told the gathering at an Ifatar party organised by her party here.
Recalling that when AIADMK orgnaised the Iftar party last year the DMK chief M Karunanidhi had dubbed it as an attempt to garner Muslim votes, she said everyone knew there was not an iota of truth in it.
New delhi,August 28 :Anna Hazare will end his 12-old-day fast at 10 am on Sunday after Parliament endorsed in principle three of his key demands to deal with corruption in a compromise between government and the Gandhian.
Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha went out of their way to discuss in a special sitting on Saturday an issue thrown up by the campaign of the 74-year-old activist who has been demanding enactment of Jan Lokpal for which he started a fast from August 16.
Tripoli,August 28 :ABIZARRE photograph album filled page to page with pictures of Condoleezza Rice was found at the compound of Muammar Gaddafi.
Gaddafi had previously hinted at a serious admiration for US’ former secretary of state.
In an interview with Al- Jazeera in 2007, he had said: “ I support my darling black African woman. I admire and am very proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the Arab leaders.
… Leezza, Leezza, Leezza.
Ramzan has almost come to end and Eid is scheduled for August 31 or the day after (depending on the sighting of the crescent). The holy month has been a good month for Hyderabadis, with no major trouble of any kind affecting the lives of the people. But Ramzan in the Arab-Muslim world has not been as peaceful. Our beleaguered neighbour Pakistan continues to suffer and bleed. There is no winner in situations of extreme violence. Karachi, the city which was once the pride of Pakistan, has become a killing field. Hundreds of people have been killed.
Jaisalmer, August 27: This district, which is known for best camel breeds in the world, is again in demand for its camel riders. Lately the demand has increased.
Hundreds of camel riders from Jaisalmer not only rear camels in many Arab countries, especially Duabi, but also train them for racing. So there is a heavy demand for camel riders in Arab countries. In the past two or three months a large number of young men have left for Arab nations for this purpose.
Malda, August 27: India’s lifeline is slowly turning out to be a nightmare for its citizens. A series of accidents, attacks on passengers by catering staff, cases of molestation – horrific tales keep pouring in from trains running across the country. It was the turn of a lady doctor to have a bitter experience on Thursday night with a co-passenger allegedly molesting her on the Malda-bound Gour Express.
New Delhi, August 27: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) member Lalu Prasad Saturday said fasting Anna Hazare was being misled by the people surrounding him, including former top cop Kiran Bedi who was eyeing polls.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha during discussion on a suo motu statement by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Hazare’s demands related to the anti-graft Lokpal bill, Lalu Prasad appealed to MPs not to allow subversion of parliament as it will ring the death knell of democracy in the country.
‘We won’t allow the supremacy of parliament to be moved by an inch,’ he said.
Chennai, August 27: Tamil Nadu Congress Chief K.V. Thangkabalu Saturday said the law should take its course in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case and the three persons sentenced to death should be hanged.
‘There should be no travesty of justice,’ he told IANS. ‘If the convicted are allowed to go without punishment, there will be utter anarchy in the country. One cannot allow people coming from anywhere and killing people here.’
Kabul, August 27: At least four people have been killed and 22 others injured after a bomber blew-up an explosives-laden car in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, police say.
Kamaluddin Sherzad, the deputy police chief of Lashkar Gah, said that the explosion occurred “near Kabul Bank and the telecommunications office some 50 meters from the governor’s office,” AFP reported.
“Heavy casualties are feared,” the official said.
Sherzad said that the blast took place when “many people had gathered at Kabul Bank to collect their salaries ahead of the Eid festival.”
Wasington, August 27: The rest of the arrested people who have not committed any serious offences are to be kept behind bars for an unknown period of time. Human rights organizations have announced that the British government has decided to keep all arrested people in custody until trial.
The British Police have ordered Britain’s courts to refuse to bail the arrested even after they have been charged. The arrested people are to stay behind bars for a longer time as the British government has taken such an “iron fist” approach.
New Delhi, August 27: After clarifying that it would vote in both Houses of Parliament in favour of all the three sticking points raised by Anna Hazare, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday urged the 74-year-old activist to call off his fast.
Amid Team Anna’s claims that the BJP is not prepared to vote on a resolution on the Lokpal issue, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, advised Hazare’s aides not to jump to conclusions and confirming the facts with the party.
Talking to a news channel, Jaitley said rumours were being floated about the party.
Lahore, August 27: A Pakistani court conducting the trial of seven suspects in the Mumbai attack case was on Saturday told by a prosecution witness that “handlers from Karachi” had made calls giving directions to the terrorists who had launched the 26/11 strike.
Forensic expert Nauman Ashraf Bodla, appearing as the prosecution witness of the Federal Investigation Agency, told the court that the handlers called from three numbers and gave directions to the Mumbai attackers during the siege.
New Delhi, August 27: Team Anna have received a communication from the government that a resolution carrying their demands on Lokpal Bill will be put to a voice vote and they are now “very happy” with the development.
The development comes as a relief to may as there were fresh signs of a stalemate emerging after the government decided only to convey sense of House to Team Anna and not put the resolution for voting.
London, August 27: Two British women, who accused a man of raping them, were jailed after he showed the police photos of them having a consensual sex at his home.
Jennifer France, 24, and friend Kelly Weston, 27, posed for saucy snaps on victim Enes Gozalan’s bed after meeting him in a local pub.
A court heard they later made the false allegation since both had long-term boyfriends and were ashamed of what they had done, Daily Mail reported.
Mumbai, August 27: A young boy sitting outside the DCP Detection Office with his school books, is now a familiar sight for all those working at the commissioner’s office. The bright-eyed 15-year-old boy is Junaid Khan, the youngest cop in the city who had joined the force a year back after his father, a head constable at Yellow Gate died while on duty. Junaid’s induction to the police force on compassionate grounds even as he pursues his studies shows a different and more humane side of the much-derided men in khaki.
Thiruvananthapuram, August 27: Starting September, everyone below the poverty line (BPL) in Kerala will get 25 kg of rice at Re.1 per kg, one of the main promises of the United Democratic Front’s election manifesto.
Defence Minister A.K. Anthony launched the flagship programme of the Oommen Chandy government Saturday, He handed over rice to five people.
In brief remarks, he regretted the gap between good intent and implementation.
Colombo, August 27: Stating that there has not been a single act of terrorism in the island since the war with the LTTE ended in May 2009, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced in Parliament his decision to lift emergency laws.
The President also told the Parliament that elections to the northern provincial council will be held next year, but did not mention any date.
Cinncinnati, August 27: A Roman Catholic high school dropped plans for a Ramadan dinner after hearing complaints about its partnership with a Muslim advocacy group that federal officials have linked to a terror financing case.
Archbishop Dennis Schnurr received “emotionally charged” emails — mostly from outside the area — and asked the girls school to cancel plans to host the Friday night dinner, Kirsten MacDougal, president of Mother of Mercy school, told The Cincinnati Enquirer.The dinner to build goodwill with Muslims will be held instead at a church parish center.