Month: September 2011

The inclusive dream of Telangana would come to nothing in reality if minorities are once again denied their due space in the proposed state, writes Uddalak Mukherjee.

New Delhi, September 03: The Prime Minister Officer (PMO) seems to having some crorepatis in its cabinet. The PMO on Saturday, Sep 3 declared assets of all its ministers including the Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Home Minister and many others.
Surprising many, the declaration revealed that the Urban Development Minister, Kamal Nath is the richest cabinet minister, while Defence Minister, AK Antony is the poorest.

Declared assets of the ministers:
Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath is the richest with assets worth Rs 263 crore,
Manmohan Singh has assets worth Rs 5 crore,

Bogota, September 03: A 19-year-old pregnant Colombian woman’s unborn child was stolen after she was drugged and cut open, authorities in the northern province of Magdalena said.

The case occurred near Santa Marta, the provincial capital, police Col. Cesar Granados told reporters.

Andrea Carolina Pallares Cabrera, seven months pregnant, was in Santa Marta doing some personal errands when she was approached by an unknown woman who offered to help her enroll her baby in a public health programme.

Gandhinagarm September 03: Following in the footsteps of their late father, the two sisters of BJP leader and former minister Haren Pandya who was killed in 2003 have decided to approach Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in their quest for justice. One sister alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was linked to the murder.

Mumbai, September 03: He romanced a bevy of Bollywood beauties in the snow-capped mountains of Kashmir in films like “Kashmir Ki Kali” and “Junglee” and immortalised the shikara on the Dal Lake in the song “Tareef karun kya uski”. And finally, veteran Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor has become a part of that surrounding forever.

The ashes of the actor, who left for his heavenly abode Aug 14, were immersed in the Dal Lake by his son Aditya Raj Kapoor.

Dubai, September 03: The Dubai Court of First Instance charged two Asians with forgong employment visas and swindling Dh20,000 from an unsuspecting victim.

According to a report in ‘Khaleej Times’, the duo – a Bangladeshi and a Pakistani – forged 11 employment visas, which they claimed were issued by the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs.

They are accused of tampering with the names and photos of applicants.

Dubai, September 03: The case of a missing bride from the South Indian state of Kerala who disappeared within 24 hours after she landed in Dubai six years ago is again gaining media attention.

This was one of the first calls that was made to the new round-the-clock complaint hotline that was launched on Friday morning by the Kerala State Chief Minster Oommen Chandy.

Smitha, a 24-year-old computer graduate had arrived in Dubai on August 1 in 2005 but went missing the very next day.

Jazan, September 03: A number of Saudis have launched a campaign on Twitter asking their compatriots to be kind to the foreign manpower living with them and to spread awareness in society about humanitarian treatment to foreign laborers.

They also tweeted that Saudis should congratulate them on the occasion of Eid, as they do their relatives and friends, and make them part of the local celebrations in order to help them mark Eid as they would in their homeland, Arabic daily Al-Watan reported on Friday.

Dubai, September 03: More than 6,800 women were involved in murder and other crimes in Dubai in the first half of this year, exceeding the total number of female criminals arrested during 2008-2009, a senior police officer was reported on Saturday as saying.

“A study conducted by our experts shows that women can now compete with men in all types of criminal activity,” said Brigadier Khalil Al Mansouri, director of the detectives and criminal investigation administration in Dubai.

Mumbai, September 03: Sanjay Leela Bhansali has once again revived his pet project Bajirao Mastani after announcing it in 2003.

Based on the epic love story of the renowned Maratha general Peshwa Bajirao and his half-Muslim second wife Mastani, the filmmaker’s magnum opus hit a roadblock when the then couple Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai his original choice to play the infamous lovers split.

A source says, “Bajirao Mastani is very close to Bhansali’s heart. He keeps reviving it every few years. He had started working on it before Saawariya and Guzaarish.

Mumbai, September 03: Technology is now making its presence felt even on the casting couch, and no one knows this better than starlet Liza Malik, who was its most recent victim.

The reality TV star has filed a complaint with the Versova police against two unidentified individuals, who allegedly sent her obscene text messages while posing as producer Ritesh Sidhwani, and filmmaker Vikram Bhatt.

“I was sent a contact request from a Blackberry, by an someone claiming to be Ritesh Sidhwani. I accepted the request, assuming that it was sent by Sidhwani, ” said Liza.

Mumbai, September 03: Salman Khan is recovering after an eight-hour surgery in Pittsburgh and refuses to believe that his “Bodyguard” has broken box-office records, says his brother-in-law and co-producer Atul Agnihotri.

Salman, who underwent surgery for a nerve problem that was causing exruciating pain in his head, jaws and cheeks, believes his family is just trying to cheer him up by telling him that “Bodyguard” is rocking the box office.

Mumbai, September 03: It’s 2 back-to-back full-on action films for one-time Action Kumar, Akshay… 3, if you count the sequel to Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai where we hear the action would be more cerebral than overt.

Mumbai, September 03: Bollywood actor Abhay Deol will share a table Monday with Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson at an exclusive ‘Diner Du Siecle’ to celebrate the arrival of Moet & Chandon champagne in China more than 150 years ago.

Mumbai, September 03: Southern actress Asin Thottumkal, who has done just three Hindi films since her Bollywood debut in 2008, says she is not an insecure person and hence does not take up whatever comes her way.

“I’m not a very insecure person as an actress or personally. I’m really not bothered what the other person is doing.

I’m just concentrating on my path. That’s my focus. I like working with teams that I would enjoy

working with or projects that I would be excited to be a part of. So I take my time in selecting my films,” the 25-year-old told.

Mumbai, September 03: Even as John Abraham revelled in his villianous role in Dhoom, Hrithik Roshan almost stole his thunder in the far more successful Dhoom 2.

And now, after five years, the two actors find themselves battling (albeit unconsciously) for top spot as baddies yet again.

Both John and Hrithik will essay a character allegedly inspired by the famous Mumbai gangster Manya Surve in Shootout at Wadala and Agneepath respectively.

Gangsta blues

Hyderabad, September 3: A husband stabbed his wife to death in a grim incident occurred at Saroornagar police station limits. 55 year old Mujeeb Uddin allegedly killed his 50 year old wife Mohammadi Begum. According to police Mujeeb Uddin is a habitual drinker he often used to quarrel with his wife. Yesterday morning they had arguments on petty issue following which Mujeeb Uddin attacked his wife with a sharp knife available in their kitchen and stabbed her in the chest. Mohammadi Banu died on the spot. The incident created panic at PNT colony.

Hyderabad, September 3: Maulana Azad National Urdu University is organizing Teacher’s Day lecture in memory of Dr. S. Radha Krishnan, former President of India on 5th Sept. 2011, at 11:30 a.m. at CPDUMT Auditorium, University Campus under Foundation Lecture Series.

According to Registrar, Prof. Jyotirmaya Sharma, Dept. of Political Science, University of Hyderabad will be the Chief Guest & will deliver the lecture on “Have we Misunderstood Democracy”.

Hyderabad, September 3: The demolition of illegal constructions at Sardar Patelnagar, Kukatpally by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is just a beginning because there are nearly 30 thousand unauthorized buildings in the city which are occupied by various families. These buildings have been constructed on government, endowment and waqf lands and also at full tank level (FTL) areas of the reservoirs of the city.

Applications have been submitted to regularize the buildings in connection with buildings penalization scheme however they were not considered eligible for regularization.

Hyderabad, September 3: Notification has been issued by University of Hyderabad for recruitment of 2 yoga instructors. The appointments will be made on contract basis. According to assistant director physical education University of Hyderabad the last date of application is September 9. He told that the appointments will be for the period of one year. Interested candidates can download form and conditions from website www.uohyd.ernet.in.

Siasat news

Hyderabad, September 3: Appointments will be made shortly for motor vehicle inspectors and other vacancies in State Road Transport Corporation. Chief Secretary Transport department, Lakshmi Partha Sarthi told this. She said work is getting delayed as the RTA offices are getting short of staff. The department is fully aware of this. Hence it is being considered to make appointments of MVOs and other level staff to deal with the shortage of the staff.

Hyderabad, September 3: Mr. Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy enquired the wellbeing of his uncle Mr. Y S Vivekananda Reddy who is on a Padyatra. It must be noted that yesterday it was the 2nd death anniversary of Dr. Rajshekhar reddy. Jagan Mohan Reddy postponed his padyatra at Krishna district to September 6 and reached Idupupula Paya along with his mother Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi, sister Sharmila, wife Bharti and brother in law Anil at YSR ghat to pay tribute to his father late Dr. Raj Shekhar Reddy.

Hyderabad, September 3: Readers! I went to Makkah masjid to offer Jummatul vida prayer. I saw a beggar whose age may be around 55 years. He was dressed in a shirt and wore beard and had a two year old girl in his lap who was in deep sleep.

People were groping in their pockets to give some money to the beggar thinking that the innocent little girl might have become frail due to hunger. May be she has fainted.

Hyderabad, September 3: 35 year old Swami better known as Deva has done BE from Madras university he arrived at Hyderabad along with his father who works in police department who had been transferred to Hyderabad.

13 years ago Swami started selling fried fish at the pushcart by borrowing some money from his father at that time he didn’t even thought that he is highly qualified and it is humiliating to do small business. But today he has reached the height of success to such extent that he is unable to meet the demand of his customers.

Hyderabad, September 03: After stating that there was no negligence on the part of the Kurnool Government Hospital for the sudden death of 12 infants in less than 48-hours, Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Ravindra Reddy on Saturday made a shocking U-turn, when he said that there was a marginal human error and laxity.

Admitting that there was an error on part of the hospital staff, Reddy said that he would get the laxity corrected.