New Delhi, September 29: She’s the latest import from across the border and has already made her acting debut in Bollywood. But what made 25- year- old Pakistani beauty Humaima Malik a known name here is the fact that she is said to be dating former cricketer Wasim Akram.
Sanaa, September 29: At least six people have been killed during a new outbreak of clashes between troops loyal to Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh and the opposition forces, Press TV reports.
The victims died on Thursday in a shelling by the Saleh troops in the southern city of Taizz.
Earlier, one person was killed and 10 others were injured in clashes between government soldiers and forces led by General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, leading forces that have defected from the government, in the capital Sana’a.
Indonesia, September 29: All 18 people aboard a small plane on a local flight in western Indonesia are feared dead after their aircraft crashed into a mountainous area.
Bambang Ervan, spokesman for Indonesia’s Transport Ministry, said the turboprop-powered CASA C-212 Aviocar plane, operated by PT Nusantara Buana Air, was flying from the city of Medan, located 1,402 kilometers (871 miles) northwest of the capital Jakarta, to Kutacane town, located 1,470 kilometers (913 miles) northwest of Jakarta, when it lost contact with air traffic control on Thursday, AFP reported.
Islamabad, September 29: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday countered US accusations linking ISI to terror groups in Afghanistan, calling them “surprising”, while stating that his country cannot be pressured to “do more” in the war against terror.
“Pressure cannot be put on Pakistan to do more (in the war on terrorism). Our national interests must be respected under all circumstances,” Gilani said while opening a meeting of the country’s political leadership that he convened to forge a consensus response to tensions with the US.
New Delhi, September 29: The Congress-led government Thursday sought to bury a flaming row over a finance ministry note that linked Home Minister P. Chidambaram to the 2G scandal, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee denying the note reflected his views on the 2008 spectrum allocation.
In a bid to show that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was united, Mukherjee read out a prepared statement outside his North Block office. He was flanked by a grave-looking Chidambaram and cabinet ministers Salman Khurshid and Kapil Sibal.
Hyderabad, September 29:Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Thursday made it clear that Telangana state without Hyderabad as its capital is unacceptable to it but offered to share the city, saying other proposed states can use it as their capital till they make their own arrangements.
TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao warned the central government against creating any controversy over the status of Hyderabad city, saying Telangana without Hyderabad would be like a headless body.
New Delhi, September 29: Sharpening its attack against P Chidambaram, involved in the recent 2G note imbroglio, Bharatiya Janata Party rejected Pranab Mukherjee’s statement, saying that the issue was not just about “bruised egos” of warring ministers, but concerns the whole nation.
Maintaining its tough stance, BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad demanded that all ministers, who were involved in the wanton loot of public money, should be probed.
“BJP demands Chidambaram should resign and CBI should investigate the matter,” he said.
New Delhi, September 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday dismissed as ‘untenable’ Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s explanation that the controversial note from his ministry on the 2G scam did not reflect his views.
BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said the finance minister did not answer the main question about loot of public money. He accused Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Mukherjee of being busy in their ‘ego battle’.
‘It is not your internal matter or ego battle to be settled, you are accused, your role needs to be investigated,’ Prasad said.
Hyderabad, September 29: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Thursday made it clear that Telangana state without Hyderabad as its capital is unacceptable to it but offered to share the city, saying other proposed states can use it as their capital till they make their own arrangements.
TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao warned the central government against creating any controversy over the status of Hyderabad city, saying Telangana without Hyderabad would be like a headless body.
Kabul, September 29: According to an ISAF statement, a bomb attack killed three in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, DPA reported.
Another two were killed in separate incidents in southern and eastern parts of Afghanistan on the same day.
According to the website iCasualties.org, at least 459 US-led soldiers, most of them Americans, have died in Afghanistan so far this year.
Benghazi, September 29: At Al-Shaheed Yusif Burahil School in downtown Benghazi the cries of excited boys playing football in the school playground can be heard in the streets outside. It is a sound heard the world over. But not for months in Libya.
This very ordinary and elsewhere totally unremarkable noise returned less than two weeks ago — Sept. 17 to be precise — exactly seven months to the day from the start of Libya’s Feb. 17 revolution.
Hyderabad, September 29: Asaduddin has denied KCR’s claim, He says he has gone to KCR only to discuss about Sachar Committee report. Sachar Committee was appointed in 2005, by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to study the social, economic and educational condition of the Muslim community in India.
KCR is stating that Congress has sent this proposal to him through MIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi.
Mumbai, September 29: After some re-thinking, Shah Rukh Khan has finally decided to make an appearance on the finale of Just Dance.
However, it wouldn’t have been possible without the convincing skills of buddy Hrithik Roshan, who’s judging the television dance reality show with Farah Khan and Vaibhavi Merchant.
That’s going to be the most interesting moment on the show, when SRK meets FK…
Though they have met socially after their dosti soured when he declined to do her next film post Om Shanti Om, it remains to be seen how the two ex-friends meet again.
Hai na?
-Agencies
Riyadh, September 29: Saudi King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a Saudi woman to be lashed 10 times for defying the kingdom’s ban on female drivers, a government official said.
The official declined to elaborate on the monarch’s decision, and spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
Mumbai, September 29: Once upon a time (a period we will look back at with fondness and amusement), we didn’t have social networking sites to connect us.
Those were the days when celebrities maintained a certain aura and mystery and journalists dug hard to find ‘truths’ about him/her. Some comfortable truths, some not so comfortable.
Whatever the news was, his or her image remained more or less intact. Till, of course, the invasion of twitter and facebook.
Mumbai, September 29: When Chammak Challo Kareena Kapoor pranced around on TV in a hot red sari, little did we know that it’s probably R& B artiste Akon who is dancing with joy to this one. Teaming up with King Khan has opened up a market for Akon that incorporates over a billion listeners.
“When I had to convince Akon to sing in Hindi, all I said was this is a country over 1.21 billion people. He packed his bags and came with me right then, ” said SRK while introducing the singer to the desi audience.
Mumbai, September 29: Shahrukh Khan may not be on good terms with Salman anymore, but when it comes to answering questions about the ‘Bodyguard’ star, he sure has a lot to say.
At a recent press conference, while promoting his upcoming film ‘RA.One’, SRK was at his loquacious best. The actor was as usual asked by the media about his reaction to Salman’s films and ever increasing popularity.
Riyadh, September 29: A Filipino in Saudi Arabia died nearly three months after converting to Islam but it was not clear if he would be buried in the Gulf Kingdom.
Ismail, previously known as Hector, converted to Islam just as he was around 60 years old after attending Islamic lessons in Riyadh, where he had worked.
“Hector embraced Islam nearly three months ago and started to pray every day…he also fasted all Ramadan before he died three days ago,” the Saudi Arabic language daily Sabq said on Thursday.
Hyderabad, September 29: If you have a habit of forgetting to take railway ticket with you and feel embarrassed when it comes to showing the ticket to TTE. Now you don’t have to worry anymore as your problem is soon going to find a solution.
Hyderabad, September 29: A special lecture on ‘Pharmacy education and employment opportunities’ will be held by Siasat daily under career education programme on Thursday October 6 at 11 am at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat premises. Mr. Fazlurahman M Pharma. MBA PhD principal Global college of pharmacy will deliver special lecture.
Question and answer session will be held after the lecture. Mr. M A Hameed and Mr. Muneer Ahmed convenor programme have appealed to all students of pharmacy besides teachers and interested persons to attend the lecture.
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Hyderabad, September 29: Justice E Ismail former member Human Rights Commission said that Husain Ali Khan better known as Chandra Srivastav is counted among the leading senior journalists of Hyderabad. His writings took form of movements.
Justice E Ismail released Husain Ali Khan’s new compilation ‘Maktoob America’ at Press club and said that Husain Ali Khan had untiringly struggled for preservation of Urdu rights and gave it a form of movement.
Husain Ali Khan is among the founders of 1969 Telangana movement. He said.
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Hyderabad, September 29: Minister for Handloom and Textile Dr. Shankar Rao who campaigned against corruption and had sent letters to high court and CBI demanding investigations, has been caught on camera by a television channel while accepting 10 lakh rupees from a corporator and promising ticket to him. The television channel aired the clipping.
Dr. Shankar Rao could not be reached by the media for his response but people have demanded his resignation. YSR Congress party leader Mr. J Prabhakar hoped that High court will take the matter itself.
Qazipet, September 29: Evils of the modernity have not only affected big cities but their impact is also seen at the small places. Not only the cases such as Muslim girls eloping with the non Muslim boys are on the rise but incidents such as Muslims adopting unislamic customs and traditions are also coming to the fore.
Last year Siasat daily had disclosed about Muslim women performing pooja at famous thousand pillar temple at Warangal. Some Muslim women and girls allegedly performed pooja at the occasion of Ganesh nimarjan a few days ago.
Mumbai: Here’s some good news for all those fans of Salman Khan who want to see Lovely Singh sizzle the silver screen once again!
Buzz has it that producer Atul Agnihotri is contemplating on making a sequel of this year’s Eid blockbuster `Bodyguard`.
Robbery attempt fails, robber drowned
Hyderabad, September 29 (Siasat News): In a bizzare incident, a robber who failed in his attempt and later to refrain from public’s ire, he was drowned.
This incident occurred in the jurisdiction of L B Nagar police station. Police sources said that B Anil, 21, native of Nagole, had gone to Tyagaraja colony yesterday with the sole intention of robbing a woman of her gold chain who was fast asleep.