Srinagar, September 07: Kashmiri leaders own palatial houses, flaunt expensive accessories and lead flashy lifestyles, particularly the Abdullahs, Omar and Farooq.
All this is thanks to the huge amount of money being pumped into the state by the Union government to contain the insurgency and by New Delhi’s adversaries to keep the conflict going.
Mumbai, September 07: Last year, tennis star Sania Mirza got married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik amid huge media drama. Soon, Bollywood too got excited about the brouhaha. And a few days later, TV actor Debina Bonnerjee, who played Sita in Imagine TV’s Ramayan, was signed on to play Sania in Hyderabadi Damaad, a film based on the controversy. However, Debina now claims that she has pulled out of the film.
Mumbai, September 07: Most of our celebrities have two names – a real name, and a ‘reel’ name. Take a look
Madhubala – Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi
Rekha – Bhanurekha Ganesan
Preity Zinta – Preetam Zinta Singh
Katrina Kaif – Kate Turquotte
Sridevi – Shree Amma Yanger
Salman Khan- Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan
Rajnikant – Sivaji Rao Gaekwad
John Abraham – Farhan Abraham
Shammi Kapoor – Shamsher Raj Kapoor
Akshay Kumar – Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia
Dilip Kumar – Yusuf Khan
Amitabh Bachchan – Amit Bachchan
Hyderabad, September 7: Gali Janardhan the uncrowned prince of mining, who is counted among the most affluent politicians of India, spent the night like a common prisoner at Chanchalguda jail. He had been arrested the day before. He slept on floor along with the other prisoners.
Famous for living a deluxe life in Karnataka, Janardhan Reddy had to compromise on dal, rice and vegetable for dinner at Chanchalguda jail, who at times went to Bangalore from Bellari on Helicopter just for having breakfast. Janardhan Reddy and his bother-in-law Srinivas Reddy were served Kichdi in breakfast.
Hyderabad, September 07: Dr. S.A. Shukoor, Head of the Dept. of Urdu, Nizam College, Osmania University is promoted as Professor. He is also working as Director, Center for Educational Development of Minorities sponsored by the Dept of Minority Welfare, Govt. of A.P. He was secretary of the Teachers’ Association of Nizam College. He was nominated by the Govt. to be the member of Doordarshan Advisory Committee and Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He has attended many seminars and presented papers. He edited 36 workbooks of classes IX and X published by the Minorities Center.
Makkah, September 07: Police are currently detaining a man in his 40’s accused of sexually abusing his 16-year-old daughter over a period of five months. The man used to assault his daughter when her mother was away from home.
The mother, who started suspecting the health condition of the girl, took her to hospital for a medical checkup. She was shocked when doctors informed her that her daughter was pregnant. The girl burst into tears and confessed that her father had been sexually assaulting her for five months, Al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Lucknow, September 07: When Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband issued a declaration on February 25, 2008 that terrorism is un-Islamic, the US Embassy in New Delhi saw in it an opportunity to gain Muslim support in South Asia and suggested the US government woo Deoband clerics by offering educational resources and invitations for international visitor programmes, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks.
Lucknow, September 07: When Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband issued a declaration on February 25, 2008 that terrorism is un-Islamic, the US Embassy in New Delhi saw in it an opportunity to gain Muslim support in South Asia and suggested the US government woo Deoband clerics by offering educational resources and invitations for international visitor programmes, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks.
Hyderabad, September 7: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy has directed Chief Secretary and Director General of Police to take strict action against the perpetrators of the unfortunate incident of violence in Adoni town of Kurnool district.
Mumbai, September 07: A birdie from Shah Rukh Khan’s Eid party reports how Priyanka Chopra was royally ignored by the hostess Gauri Khan and all her friends.
Says the insider, “At one point, when Hrithik went to greet her, Gauri came and pulled him away to join another group. PC was pointedly left alone.”
Chicago, September 07: Pakistan is the “main threat” to Afghanistan and its intelligence service is “the biggest danger” to the government in Kabul, a US senator recently returned from the region warned on Tuesday.
Republican Senator Mark Kirk, just returned from a two-week stint serving as a US Naval Reserve Intelligence Commander, charged in a speech that the militant Haqqani network is “backed and protected” by Pakistan’s powerful spy agency.
Hyderabad, September 07: The Andhra Pradesh unit of BJP today called upon people of Telangana and political parties there to celebrate September 17 as ‘Telangana Liberation Day’ to commemorate the region’s freedom from erstwhile Nizam rule.
“Inspite of repeated requests by the party to celebrate the day as ‘Telangana Liberation Day’, TDP and Congress governments have neglected the people’s demand and it was an affront to four-and-a-half crore people of the region,” senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya told reporters here.
Hyderabad, September 07: Nampally, one of the busiest commercial centers in the city, will now host a cultural space dedicated to Urdu language and literature.
In a month’s time, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu) will start Urdu Ghar where ghazals and other cultural and literary events related to the Urdu language will be held. This is part of an academic initiative towards reviving the dying language, university officials said.
Mumbai, September 07: On July 16, 2011, Mumbai Mirror reported how Sajid Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez were more than ‘just friends’. The director and his Housefull 2 actress were spotted spending a lot of together-time on the sets of the film in London. Back home, in Mumbai, the budding lovers of B’town were spotted at multiplexes and restaurants post that.
The latest buzz in the industry is that Khan and Fernandez are ready to take the leap of faith, and say ‘I do’ soon. 2012, to be precise.
Hyderabad, September 07: Even as police arrested a UAE national for marrying a minor Hyderabadi girl on Tuesday, the girl’s mother claimed that they were forced to take the step owing to their desperate economic situation.
The mother, Parveen Sultana, said she has nine children-five girls and four boys-and very little income to support them. “The girl is of marriageable age. We performed the marriage with her consent,” she claimed.
Islamabad, September 07: At least two persons were killed in twin blasts in Pakistan’s restive southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday. The blasts occurred in the highly guarded and sensitive area where many government offices are located, local media reported.
ARY television reported that three people were killed and several others were injured in the blasts.
The blasts smashed glasses of nearby houses and destroyed several vehicles.
Firing was also heard after the blasts. All main markets in Quetta were closed after the blasts.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, September 7: According to a press note issued by the Hyderabad district Minorities Welfare Officer, the Minority Welfare Department has invited applications for the post of superintendent Makkah masjid from the eligible candidates fulfilling the following conditions, qualifications and experience to fill the vacant post of superintendent.
Hyderabad, September 07: It may perhaps be attributed to the partiality of the rulers or the circumstances that during the past sixty years, not a single Muslim was available to occupy the post of the State Chief Secretary. If a Muslim is not appointed as Chief Secretary now Muslim will get a chance to become Chief Secretary for another 20 years from now. After Mr. Mohammed Shafeequzzamman a Muslim IAS officer retires it will or take twenty years for any IAS officer to attain seniority to be eligible to claim this coveted position.
Hyderabad, September 07: Traffic restrictions have been imposed on all the roads leading to Tank Bund and adjoining areas in view of Ganesh idols immersion between September 7 and 11. The restrictions would be in force from 3 pm on the said days.
Traffic police advised citizens to avoid travel through the Khairatabad junction, particularly between 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., till the Ganesh immersion procession completes on September 11.
Hyderabad, September 7: A son killed his father in drunken state. The incident occurred at Angkore village. 70 year old K Venkat Reddy resident of Angkore village was living alone after his wife’s death. His son Venkat Ram Reddy has been residing in Hyderabad along with is wife and children. On Sunday Venkat Ram Reddy reached Angkore and in drunken state hacked his father to death with an axe.
Siasat news
New Delhi, September 07: A blast was heard Wednesday morning outside the Delhi High Court located in heart of the capital.
Although it would be premature to term it as a bomb blast but eyewitnesses said that the blast was very loud.
The blast occurred near gate number 5 of the High Court. Police officials are at the spot and are taking stock of the situation.
More details are awaited.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, September 07: It was during his fourth attempt at marriage that the Arab national Syed Hilal Hamoodi (46) was detained by police on Sunday night. He was caught him when he was allegedly paying huge amounts to a minor girl’s parents for the marriage.
A senior police officer of South Zone said preliminary investigation revealed that Syed Hilal Hamoodi, a native of Sharjah had visited the Old City thrice.
New delhi,September 07 :AMAR Singh’s arrest has just added to the list of highprofile cases that Sangita Dhingra Sehgal has dealt with in her 27- year- long career.
Sehgal, who joined judicial services in 1984, has overseen cases that hogged headlines such as the hawala case, the match- fixing scandal and the Lajpat Nagar bomb blast. As she went further up the judicial ladder, she dealt with cases against Iftikhar Gilani and Reliance Ltd under the Official Secrets Act.
Washington, September 07: In the run up to the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 by Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, the ISI had made Nepal a hub of anti-India terror activities from where it pushed huge quantities of RDX into the country, latest US cables released by WikiLeaks say.
In these cable, US officials have conceded that it is the ISI which created various terrorist fronts to carry out terrorist activities in India, including the bomb blasts in the busy areas of Connaught Place, Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi and several cities across the country.
Dhaka, September 07: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina signed a big accord on border demarcation ending their 4-decade old disputes over boundaries. India has also announced 24-hour access to Bangladeshis in the Tin Bigha Corridor.