Auckland, August 06: Running around in the buff with a bunch of men playing rugby is all in a day’s work for Auckland woman Rachel Scott and the reaction to her nude rugby appearance has surprised her.
Videos of Scott, 21, and other players in a nude rugby game, played at Dunedin’s Logan Park before the All Blacks-Fiji test last month, have gone viral with more than four million views and attention from countries in Europe, the Otago Daily Times has reported.
Lucknow, August 06: Police on Friday evening went into a tailspin after a girl whose body was recovered from Sarojini Nagar police circle on Friday morning , suddenly surfaced at the police station to claim that she was very much alive . The puzzled cops later realised that it was a case of mistaken identity and the girl whose body was recovered earlier in the day was someone else.
Mumbai, August 06: The most eligible bachelor in tinsel town, Ranveer Singh has bared his heart out on celebrity chat show, Simi Selects India’s Most Desirable.
Singh, who became one of the most sought after actors in Bollywood after his debut film, Band Baaja Baarat, revealed that he had his share of struggles. The actor said he started off as an assistant director. He prefers to call that time of his life as his “hustle period” when he “was working round the clock and was also gaining weight.”
Ahmedabad, August 06: A sex racket was busted near Income Tax circle on Friday afternoon. The racket, said city police officials, was being operated under the guise of a beauty parlour. Eight persons, including five sex workers, were arrested.
Visakhapatnam, August 06: The mahila court-cum-sixth additional district court on Friday convicted a man for infanticide and sentenced him to death. The mother of the deceased infant, charged with abetment to crime, was sentenced to one-year jail with a fine of Rs 500.
This judgment was the first of its kind in the history of courts here and was delivered within a span of six months. According to the prosecution, the 36-day-old baby girl was strangulated to death by father K Arun Kumar, an electrician, as he did not want a girl. The baby was born on October 23, 2010.
Gujarat, August 06: IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who has accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of misusing state machinery during 2002 post-Godhra riots, has alleged that the Special Investigation Team probe details on riot cases were leaked to a top law officer of the state government.
Bhatt, in his 19-page supplementary affidavit filed before the Supreme Court last week, alleged that someone from within the Special Investigation Team was leaking sensitive and confidential details related to investigations conducted by it to Additional Advocate General Tushar Mehta.
Mumbai, August 06: Neetu Chandra denied it, Shamita Shetty kept mum about it, and Yana Gupta took it sportingly. She even took to a micro-blogging site to confess that she was the “no-panty girl”.
Now, the ‘Chui Mui’ girl, Preeti Jhangiani, has taken inspiration from these ladies and gone the Commando way! The actress-turned producer was recently in the capital to promote her upcoming film, ‘Sahi Dhandhe, Galat Bande’. Dressed in a Little-Black-Dress, the actress gave shutterbugs a sneak-peak into her no panty zone.
Mumbai, August 06: Officers belonging to Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad are on the radar of terrorist who may target them using parcel bombs. The ATS has been alerted of the same by the Intelligence Wing.
The ATS has in turn warned all its offices of the lurking danger. All offices including Nanded, Akola, Nagpur, Nasik have been warned not to accept any parcel or courier sent from an unknown person or an unknown address.
Hyderabad, August 06: Government employees in Telangana Friday boycotted talks with the Andhra Pradesh cabinet sub-committee over their proposed general strike from Aug 17 to push for a separate Telangana.
Leaders of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Telangana employees, teachers and gazetted officers boycotted the talks to protest government’s move to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) in various departments.
Mumbai, August 06: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, on behalf of the cast and crew of forthcoming film “Aarakshan”, Friday wished a speedy recovery to Congress president Sonia Gandhi who is recovering after a surgery abroad for an undisclosed ailment.
“Hum toh yahi chahte hain ki Soniaji jald hee swasth ho jaayein. Humaari duayein aur shubhkamnayein unke saath hain (We would like Soniaji to recover as soon as possible. Our prayers and good wishes are with her),” said the 68-year-old at a press conference here.
New Delhi, August 06: A day after Sonia Gandhi formed a four-member group to manage party affairs in her absence, the Congress Friday announced two new spokespersons even as the party chief was recuperating in a US hospital after a successful surgery.
Sonia Gandhi is recovering after a successful surgery abroad for an undisclosed ailment, a party leader said Friday as party prayed for her good health.
Hyderabad, August 06: Wakf property estimated to be over 300 crores rupees is facing risk of encroachers in the Praksham district of Andhra Pradesh. The said property belongs to the Kandakur Makka masjid Praksham district. The ineffective district officials of the A.P state wakf board are said to be the main reason for the open encroachment of the property.
Mumbai, August 06: The stock market today plunged over 700 points as the BSE Sensex fell below the 17K-mark on across the board selling by investors amid fears of recession in the US and debt crisis in some euro-zone nations. Recovering partially, the Bombay Stock Exchange 30-share barometer, which fell for the fourth straight day to touch 14-month low, closed at 17,305.87 – down 387.31 points or 2.19 per cent – eroding investor wealth by Rs 1.33 lakh crore.
Hyderabad, August 06: Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad, Asif Ali Memon, has said the district administration was making sincere efforts to ensure that people get all the commodities at prices fixed by the government.
Addressing a news conference at Hyderabad Press Club here on Friday, Memon announced that his administration would set up `bachat bazaars’ in the coming days.
The deputy commissioner said that they had established complaint centers in every fruits and vegetable markets in the city to ensure compliance with the official rates of commodities.
Mumbai, August 06: Salman KhanAamir Khan, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn are the only Bollywood actors in the exclusive billion-dollar club.
Their films 3 Idiots, Ghajini, Ready, Dabangg and Golmaal 3 are the only ones to have done business of over Rs 100 crore in the domestic market. In fact, Aamir’s 3 Idiots is the highest Bollywood earner of all time. Salman’s Dabangg and Ready are in the number 2 and 3 slot respectively. Ajay is next with Golmaal 3, and his Singham continues to roar, showing signs of setting second and third week records.
Mumbai, August 06: Sanjay Dutt walked the ramp for a jewellery show here Friday night, hand in hand with his wife Manyata and even sang a few lines for her, to loud cheers from the crowd.
Wearing a white Sherwani designed by Vikram Phadnis, Sanjay who is one of the brand ambassadors of Gitanjali jewels, walked the ramp with Manyata, who was dressed in a beige heavily embellished saree and black blouse, sporting exquisite diamond jewellery. The couple drew tremendous applause.
Hyderabad, August 06: Think about Ramzan, and the first thing that comes to anybody’s mind is Haleem, Biryani or shopping. But, this is also the time when people fast and offer prayers to the Lord. This Ramzan, even the Quran, gets tech-savvy. Now, an all new audio-avatar of Quran, in the form of a pen has hit the market.
Hyderabad, August 06: Three persons, who beat up a passenger to death for smoking a beedi in a railway compartment on Wednesday, were arrested by the railway police on Thursday. The incident took place at Pandillapalli near Chirala on the Gudur-Vijayawada passenger train (No 57223) between 7 pm and 7.30 p.m.
Hyderabad, August 06: Andhra Pradesh government is coming up with a new Land Allotment Policy that lays stress on “scientific and judicious allotment” of land for different purposes. A draft paper pertaining to the new policy has been prepared by the state Revenue Department in concert with other departments like Industries, Infrastructure and Information Technology. It was presented to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at a high-level meeting here this evening and would be sent to all political parties in the state for consideration, according to sources in the Chief Minister�s Office.
Paris, August 06: In a disgraceful act, Frech police arrested a Muslim woman for violating burqa ban. A new video has been released on the Internet where a Muslim woman scuffling with French police officers.
The video shows helpless Muslim woman screaming at the police officers as they enforced ban on burqa.
Dammam, August 06: The visiting head of one of Pakistan’s prominent religious and political parties has blamed the United States’ stinging defeat in Afghanistan for the current chaos in his country.
“What we are witnessing today in Pakistan is a direct result of America’s defeat in Afghanistan at the hands of the brave Afghans,” said Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan chief Syed Munawar Hasan.
Mumbai, August 05: Shreya Saran surprised everyone by walking in for Arpita Khan’s birthday party a few days ago and then comfortably mingling with the birthday girl’s brother Salman. “Saran looked very comfortable with Salman.
Naturally, Salman had invited her. Nobody can gatecrash into Salman’s party,” said a source. This friendship between Salman and Shreya has been the topic of speculation for a while in the industry now.
While a certain section of people believe it to be more than what meets the eye, the others say the two actors are just good friends.
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao on Friday stated that the party six MPs would vote in favour of Telangana if the Centre introduces the bill in parliament.
Talking to media persons at Telugu Desam Legislature Party Office, Errabelli Dayakar Rao said that the party would issue a whip to all MPs to vote in favour of Telangana bill in the parliament.
He also made it clear that forum members would not reverse their decision on resignations and submit them in afresh whenever Speaker Nadendla Manohar arrives from the US.
New Delhi, August 05: The Congress party on Friday appointed fire brand leader from Telangana region Renuka Chowdhury as official spokesperson of party.
According to sources, the Congress party took this decision with other party leaders targeting party on Telangana issue in the state and at the Centre.
Congress party hoped that the fire brand leader from Telangana would effectively deal with parties on Telangana.
According to reports, the party took this decision following the directions from All India Congress Committee president Sonia Gandhi.
California, August 05: A teenager who was buried in 6 feet (1.8 meters) of sand while digging a trench on a California beach says he was certain he would die before rescuers pulled him to safety.
Matt Mina told The Associated Press on Thursday that he passed out after a few minutes, but before he lost consciousness he thought of his family and friends. He says he didn’t know if anyone knew he was buried or could hear his screams.
The 17-year-old from Virginia was visiting his aunt and uncle in Orange County and spent the day at Newport Beach with his cousin.