Month: September 2011

New Delhi, September 07: Hours after a powerful bomb blast struck Delhi High Court killing 11 people, Delhi Police has prepared two sketches of the suspects, sources informed.

The sketches were prepared based on information obtained from eye witnesses.

A powerful bomb believed to be placed in a suitcase had gone off outside the Delhi High Court at 10.17. Besides 11 people who were killed, another 80 were injured.

The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation and is probing all angles.

Riyadh, September 07: Sometimes innocents get legally trapped for crimes committed by others, while the real culprits manage to escape. That was what happened to Fairoz Abdul Rahiman Ullal and two other Mangaloreans, who have been in Biraman jail situated around 30 km from Jeddah, for more than seven years.

Mumbai, September 07: US Consul General Peter Haas Tuesday inaugurated a photo and video exhibition on ‘Islam in America’ at the Haji Ali shrine in south Mumbai.

It is for the first time that such an exhibition is being held at the well-known shrine.

“On my very first visit to Mumbai in March this year, I had just walked in here and looked up the history of the place and then decided to come back,” Haas reminisced.

Bhopal, September 07: Even as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into Bhopal’s RTI Activist Shehla Masood’s murder, reports on Wednesday alleged tampering of her cell phone- key evidence- by police.

As per reports, Masood was shot dead outside her house a little after 11 am on August 16. When the police reached the spot later at noon, they seized her car and two mobile phones for examination.

Washington, September 07: Yahoo profits rise but sales dip Apple in record sales and profits Yahoo! criticised over email scan Yahoo’s chief executive Carol Bartz has been fired by the internet company after two-and-a-half years in the top job.

The company said in a statement that Ms Bartz was removed by the board of directors, effective immediately.

Tim Morse, Yahoo’s chief financial officer, will take over from Ms Bartz.

Yahoo has been struggling to increase its market share as it faces increased competition from rivals such as Google and Facebook.

Mumbai, September 07: Oh yes…yet again! Kamaal Rashid Khan, who loves to call himself KRK has now slammed Poonam Pandey’s ‘stripping’ act on Twitter and while doing so, has crossed lines atrociously.

Mumbai, September 07: Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza have never publicly accepted their relationship.

Denying rumours over the years, the two continue to maintain their ‘just good friends’ status quo. However, insiders joke that their new film, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, is the Guru of Riteish and Genelia’s lives.

“Just like Mani Ratnam’s movie was for Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai a couple of months before their April wedding in 2007,” our source points out.

Mumbai, September 07: It’s still pouring in Mumbai and apni Sonam Kapoor faced a bit of a problem during the dubbing for Mausam.

Ek toh she took three hours to reach from the other end of the town where she was shooting to the dubbing studio which was in Andheri.

And since the road leading to the studio was knee-deep in water, she had to wade through the water.

So by the time Sonam reached the studio, she was all bheegi bhagi like Madhubala.

-Agencies

New Delhi, September 07: Even as the investigating agencies are trying to piece together various inputs to crack the Delhi High court blast case, the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) has claimed responsibility for it.

As per reports, HuJI has sent an email claiming responsibility for the blast outside Delhi High Court this morning.

Hyderabad, September 7: A man was killed as a bullock car overturned. The incident occurred at Meerpet police station limits. 40 year old Santa who arrived on bullock cart at his daughter’s house to meet her met with an accident while returning. His bullock cart toppled down at Mallapur area and Santa sustained serious injuries in the accident. Yesterday night he died at the hospital. Police has registered a case and investigations are on.

Siasat news

Hyderabad, September 7: Dargah of Hazrat Syed Nizamuddin Ahmed Jeelani is located at Hakeempet hills. There was a time when 200 acre dargah land existed but today only 9 acre remained. Land grabbers encroach upon the land and sell it at higher rates. A road connects the dargah to Apollo hospital Jubilee Hills. Hakeem sahib inhabited at the foot of the hills on whose name the locality Hakeempet was inhabited. The actual name of the hill was “Jabal Noor” which was later changed into Jubilee Hills.

Washington, September 07: Popular music promotes sexual aggression among adolescents, says a research.

“Popular music can teach young men to be sexually aggressive and treat women as objects while often teaching young women that their value to society is to provide sexual pleasure for others,” said the study by Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Researchers looked at the trend of rising use of sexually explicit lyrics in music. They analyzed the lyrics of 100 most popular songs from 1959 to 2009 prepared by Billboard magazine, the journal Sexuality & Culture reports.

New Delhi, September 07: It was not possible at this stage to identify the terrorists who exploded a bomb outside Delhi High Court Wednesday killing nine people, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said.

Chidambaram told the Lok Sabha that Delhi was a target for terrorists as it was the national capital.

Accordingly, Delhi had been put on high security alert, he said in a brief statement.

The minister said the blast left nine dead and some seriously injured.

“We are clear that there is no cause that will justify the terrorist act,” he said.

—Agencies

Hyderabad, September 7: Miscreant tried to create furor over slight damage caused to Ganesh idol and pelted stones at Madannapet, consequently police resorted to lathi charge and deployed heavy police force.

It is said that protesting against slight damage caused to Ganesh idol, local BJP leaders staged dharna before Madanapet police station following which the situation became tensed. Miscreants pelted stones at Madannapet Mandi police outpost and also near India hotel following which police immediately came into action and enhanced patrolling.

New Delhi, September 07: The bomb blast that killed at least nine people and left 45 injured outside the Delhi High Court Wednesday morning is the 19th strike in the capital since 1996. The following is the chronology of earlier blasts in the Indian capital:

May 25, 2011: Blast at Delhi High Court, none injured. A car damaged.

Sep 19, 2010: Blast at Jama Masjid, no casulaty, car damaged.

Sep 27, 2008: At least four people killed and 15 injured in explosion in flower market in Mehrauli.

Hyderabad, September 7: VAS infrastructure and service located at Hyderabad has launched a new service named “my SMS” which breaks language barrier for mobile users. SMS service will be available in various languages of the country such as English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi and Bangla.

My SMS is an SMS-based application which allows the mobile users to request SMS service in their regional language and it also sends messages in requested language on demand.

Hyderabad, September 07: An high alert has been sounded, especially in Hyderabad, in the wake of the high intensity bomb blast near the Delhi High Court this morning.

Soon after the receipt of information about the Delhi bomb blast, the Director-General of Police, Mr. Dinesh Reddy reviewed the security measures being taken in the state and advised all the district officials to remain vigilant and provide the need security measures at all sensitive areas.

Manado, September 07: Seven dogs starved of food and water for two weeks are suspected of eating their Indonesian owner after he returned to his hometown in Manado from a holiday, local media reported on Tuesday.

A neighbourhood guard was curious when he saw luggage lined up at the front of Andre Lumboga’s house, days after the 50-year old arrived back home. He approached the house, smelled something foul and called the police, according to a report.

Mumbai, September 07: Abhishek Bachchan, Asin and Ajay Devgn are referred to as AAA on the sets of Rohit Shetty’s Bol Bachchan, which is being currently shot in Jaipur.

Ab kya bolu? Not everyone is blessed with imagination.

-Agencies

Mumbai, September 07: Bollywood heartthrob John Abraham is so passionate about his bikes that he treats them like his babies.

John is a proud owner of the Yamaha R1 1000cc and V-MAX 1700 cc bikes, and often goes out for a ride late at night and has an in-depth, extensive knowledge about the engines.

“They’re the most powerful machines in the country…in the world, because they belong to me! They are my babies,” John said on BIG CBS Prime show “India’s Sexiest Bachelor”.

The episode will be aired Sep 10.

Mumbai, September 07: Controversies cannot stay away from Madhur Bhandarkar’s film ‘Heroine’. First Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was let off the film when Amitabh Bachchan announced to the world that she was pregnant. And now Ash is not happy with Kareena’s decision to accept Heroine.

Hyderabad, September 07: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation plans to construct 20 night shelters in 10 circles of the city by December 2011. A committee is surverying the houseless persons.

It is said that in the night shelters established earlier vagabonds are taking shelter and the really eligible persons are afraid of staying there during night time.

Govt. is providing this facility to provide night shelters to the destitute people who sleep on the footpaths and railways stations.

——Siasat News

Hyderabad, September 07: Urdu Shareef is one of the oldest Urdu Medium Schools of the city of Hyderabad which is located at Shah Gunj Road near Fateh Darwaza. The old building of Urdu Shareef is in dilapidated condition. It is spread our an area of two acres. The school has now been shifted to a four room house. The strength of the students has come down from 700 to 152. The school was earlier housed in Iqbaluddowla palace. It is not known why the school has been shifted from that building. Govt. is requested to provide alternate accommodation for this school.

——Siasat News

Hyderabad, September 07: According to a press note issued by the Secretary Board of Intermediate Education, Govt. of India has sanctioned 6097 Scholarships for the meritorious students who have secured more than 80% marks in their intermediate examination and whose parents’ annual income is less than Rs. 4.5 lakh.

Each such eligible student will get Rs. 2000 per month for ten months every year of his degree or postgraduate course. The last date of submission of application is 30th September 2011. For further details, the candidates may see the website www.bieap.gov.in

Mumbai, September 07: Acting on the recommendations of one-man justice CS Dharmadhikari committee, the state government will soon make sexual harassment a non-bailable offence. Other recommendations made by justice Dharmadhikari include setting up of a separate space for such victims in the police station, increasing police vigilance in vulnerable areas, and separate fast-track courts for trying such cases.