Mumbai, August 11:
John Abraham’s next with Vipul Shah, Force, is turning out to be an action-packed film (in quite the literal sense!) for him.
The actor, who plays a cop, performs several dare devil stunts in the film, one of which turned out near fatal for him. But thankfully, he escaped narrowly though not completely unhurt.
While shooting for an action sequence for the film, John had to stand in front of a moving car and shoot at its windshield with a gun.
Mumbai, August 11: Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor Tuesday denied reports that her younger sister Kareena is set to tie the knot with beau Saif Ali Khan towards the end of 2012.
“Kareena is not getting married anytime soon, ” Karisma said here.
Rumour mills have been abuzz with information that the couple – ‘Saifeena’ – is ready to settle down, and that their nuptials would happen at a palace in Bhopal in royal style.
A report also said that Kareena’s wedding trousseau would be designed by Ritu Kumar
Hyderabad, August 11: Speaking in Urdu, at the Iftar Party hosted by former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir at his residence in Jubilee Hills on Wednesday, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy greeted Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan.
Hyderabad, August 11: Mr. Bashiruddin Babu Khan, Former Education and Minorities Affairs Minister wrote a letter to Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Chief Minister of A.P. opposing the proposal to set up a separate Directorate for Minorities Scholarships.
Hyderabad, August 11: According to Mr. Syed Nazimuddin, President Aman Educational and Welfare Association, Rahul Colony Toli Chowki, BHEL has notified 2357 vacancies for various positions including supervisions, trainees, Assistant officers, etc. The maximum age limit is 30 years. Graduates in Commerce, Social Work, Business Administration with three year experience in human resource development may apply.
For further details, the candidates are advised to see the website careersbhel.in
The phone number of the Association is 9052594270.
——Siasat News
Sex racket unearthed in old city
Hyderabad, August 11 (Siasat News): Moghalpura police has unearthed a sex racket in old city and arrested five persons along with a customer. Four cell phones were also seized from their possession.
Inspector Moghalpura, Syed Fayyaz said that police raided a house in Bela colony where an auntie and her niece were involved in flesh trade. As per the details, Shashikala, 60 and her niece Jayashree, 40, used to hire call girls to run the brothel.
Hyderabad, August 11: Ministry of Rural Development formulated a scheme for the S.S.C. passed rural youth holding white ration cards. This scheme will be implemented by imprint educational services in Vanasthalipuram. The contents of the training programme include Spoken English, Communication Skills, Personality Development, Body Language and Sales Techniques. After imparting training for 30 days arrangements will be made for getting the jobs of salesmen in retail shops, super bazaars and malls. For further details the candidates may contact at phone numbers.
Hyderabad, August 11: Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy in his speech delivered in Urdu on the occasion of Iftaar Party hosted by Mr. Mohammed Ali Shabbir, former minister said that he would try his level best to enhance the pomp and splendour of this great historic city of Hyderabad where Muslims and Hindus have been living together for the past 500 years.
Bhopal, August 11: A group of young men has caused disquiet within Bhopal’s Muslim community by trying to enforce the “Shariat” on women shoppers during the holy month of Ramazan.
Early last evening, many Muslim women shopping at the city’s busy Chowk area were taken by surprise when some youths, who seemed aged between 18 and 25, approached them and sternly told them to “go back home”.
Hyderabad, August 11: We are grateful to Allah, the Almighty that our son Dr. Junaid has been exonerated by court and he is in front of our eyes. We spent miserable life when our son was falsely implicated by the police in the Makkah Masjid bomb blast case four years ago. In fact, after the bomb blast at Makkah masjid our, son Dr. Junaid was helping the injured persons to rush to the hospital which was a humanitarian act but the police rewarded him with imprisonment.
Riyadh, August 11: A sheikh in the traditionally conservative Buraidah region has called for the introduction of sex education in schools.
Saleh Al-Wanyan, imam of Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahab Mosque, raised the issue in a Friday sermon calling for citizens to be more open about the controversial and taboo subject.
He also called on people to put an end to a so-called “culture of shame” by talking about these issues.
Jeddah, August 11: Clearing the misunderstanding and confusion created among Umrah pilgrims regarding residential permits for Hyderabadi Rubat in Makkah Muazzama, Mr. Hussain Sharief, Nazir Hyderabad Rubat, told that if the waqf permit issued by the Nizam Trust contains his signature then the permit is authorized while the permits having signature of other persons would be regarded unauthorized.
Hyderabad, August 11: Haleem is the delicacy of the Ramzaan month. And Hyderabad’s obsession with Haleem has only propounded its popularity. Haleem stalls crop up all around the city during the month of Ramzaan and people can be seen standing huddled in groups till as late as 12 at night, feasting on a hot pot of Haleem.
Hyderabad, August 11: Nine persons, including a woman, were sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court today in connection with the kidnapping of a nine-year-old boy from the city in 2004.
The First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge also imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts. However, gangster Abid Hussain alias Ali Bhai, an alleged underworld operative and the alleged mastermind behind the abduction and several other kidnaps, was acquitted. Besides seven other accused were also let off.
Hyderabad, August 11: The bandh called by the Telangana Joint Action Committee could not take away the sheen of Ramzan shopping in the narrow bylanes of the Old City. Though customers from other parts of the city chose to stay put, the big crowd thronging shops did not betray anything amiss in the festive atmosphere.
Islamabad, August 11: Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was given shelter by Pakistan’s security apparatus in return for millions of dollars of Saudi cash, an American security analyst has claimed.
Raelynn Hillhouse’s version, based on evidence from sources — what she calls the “intelligence community”, contradicts the official account that bin Laden was tracked down through his trusted courier, a media report said.
Peshawar, August 11: Police say a second explosion has occurred in a neighbourhood in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Police official Tariq Khan says authorities suspect two female suicide bombers were trying to attack police in the area.
He says it appears that one woman detonated her vest and the other died alongside her, while several people nearby were wounded.
Security had swarmed the Lahori Gate area because a remote-controlled bomb earlier in the morning had gone off near a police vehicle, killing four officers and a boy and wounding dozens of people.
Hyderabad, August 11: The Telangana employees, who have served a strike notice on the government, appear to be in two minds on whether to press ahead with their proposed stir from Aug 17. The division within their ranks came even as the government invited them for talks on Thursday.
New Delhi, August 11: With just six days left for Anna Hazare to start indefinite fast on the Lokpal Bill, he agreed on Wednesday to stage the fast at Jaiprakash Narayan Park, near Feroz Shah Kotla ground, in New Delhi. The site was suggested by the Delhi police after Team Hazare was denied permission to hold fast at Jantar Mantar where he previously staged the fast.
Hyderabad, August 11: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) had allocated an amount of Rs 4 crore for road repairs, whitewashing of mosques and street lighting before the festive season of Ramzan started. The amount was also meant to spruce up the Old City before Ganesh Chaturthi. But only a small part of the sanctioned amount has been released so far, ensuring that even during the festive season, the surroundings of places of religious worship remain a picture of neglect.
Amman, August 11: Syrian forces killed 15 civilians in the city of Homs on Wednesday, an activists’ group said, despite international calls for President Bashar al-Assad to end a bloody crackdown on protests against his rule.
The United States said the world was watching Syria “in horror” and slapped sanctions on a Syrian bank and mobile phone company. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who sent his foreign minister to Damascus on Tuesday to urge an end to the bloodshed, said Syria “is pointing guns at its own people”.
Mumbai, August 11: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has quashed rumours that AAmir Khan is going to replace him as Munnabhai.
In a recent chat with Mumbai Mirror, Dutt revealed that he would continue to play quirky and lovable goon in the third part as well. Thus, putting and end to all rumours surrounding the franchise.
When asked about the film the actor said, “I have no idea where the rumours are coming from. I am doing Munna Bhai. I spoke to Raju (Hirani) only day before yesterday. He is working on the script and we should work it out soon. It should happen next year.”
Mumbai, August 11: Bollywood hunk John Abraham, known for his love for bikes, hired an auto rickshaw to return to his Bandstand home after he was stuck in a jam, says a media report.
John, the report said, was stuck in a traffic jam while returning home from a shoot in Powai.
The actor not only took his leading lady Genelia in the three-wheeler but also drove the vehicle, after a few tips from the auto driver.
Washington, August 11: The Obama administration on Wednesday expressed concern about a “creeping” trend of anti-American sentiment in Egypt, where it says it has noticed mounting attacks and criticism of US aid and motives as the country transitions to democracy.
The State Department said it has raised the matter with Egyptian officials. It complained that the criticism is “inaccurate” and “unfair” and that personal attacks lodged against Anne Patterson, the new US Ambassador to Egypt, are “unacceptable.”
Hyderabad, August 11: Satyam scam accused B Ramalinga Raju and five others on Wednesday moved their bail petitions in the metropolitan sessions judge court following a direction from the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The bail petitions are likely to come up for hearing once the documents are scrutinised and kept for listing.
The high court while rejecting the bail pleas of Raju and five others on Tuesday asked them to first approach the metropolitan sessions judge court.