Hyderabad, September 2: 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.
Hyderabad, September 2: Thousands of Muslims offered Eid-ul Fitr prayer at Eidgah Gutla Begumpet with religious fervour. Convenor Telangana Praja Front (TPF) Gadar was also present along with the worshipers. Later talking to media persons the revolutionary poet Gadar said that the government has encroached upon the Muslims’ waqf property worth lakhs of rupees and it has handed over some expensive waqf properties to various industrial units. Today waqf properties are at the verge of destruction due to negligence of government. He claimed.
Lucknow, September 02: Tehmina Kazmi works as an usher for a small event-management company here in Uttar Pradesh’s state capital.
For many 19-year-olds that might not be unusual, but for Kazmi, a young woman from an orthodox Muslim home in the old part of the city, it meant donning Western attire–slacks and a blouse–a prospect that infuriated her younger brother.
“He even beat me up when I made up my mind to take up this job,” Kazmi says. “But today, almost a year on, I am still working. I have even bought him a mobile phone!”
Hyderabad, September 2: Eid-ul-Fitr prayer was performed with full religious fervour in the twin cities of Hyderabad, and Secunderabad. The largest congregation was seen at Eidgah Meeralam on the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr, where lakhs of Muslims offered Eid prayer.
Explaining the blessings of Ramadan the khateebs of the mosques exhorted Muslims to maintain the same spirit all the year. They advised them to continue worshiping the whole year with the same spirit as they did during Ramadan and continue helping the deserving people.
Mumbai, September 02: Cast: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Raj Babbar
Director: Siddique
Rating: ***
For three years now, every Eid, a Salman Khan movie has become one of the rewards of the festival.
Whereas last year we had “Dabangg”, which despite its simplicity had layers into it, this year we are treated to “The Bodyguard” which isn’t a patch on “Dabangg”. Despite this, it has enough to hold the attention of festive audiences.
Hyderabad, September 02: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Friday ordered a probe into the deaths of 11 infants in two days at a government-run hospital, allegedly due to clinical negligence.
He asked two ministers from Kurnool district to visit the Government General Hospital and take necessary action.
Seven babies died at the hospital Thursday, a day after four infants lost their lives, allegedly due to a defective oxygen supply system. All the babies were one to five days old.
Mumbai, September 02: Neil Nitin Mukesh is apparently not a very popular figure on the sets of Abbas-Mustan’s Players.
Playing the villain, he gets to perform daring stunts and mouth the best lines. The rest of the cast only discovered this as the shooting progressed.
What’s worse, the actor is bursting with inputs on scenes or song sequences, annoying several of the other actors in the movie.
However, while the rest of the cast is apparently taking Neil’s ‘friendly advice’ with a smile, Sonam Kapoor has decided not to entertain him.
Mumbai, September 02: If it’s an Anurag Kashyap film, you can easily expect a roadblock to follow!
His latest project with actress wife Kalki may have garnered strong reactions from film festivals across the globe, but looks like That Girl In Yellow Boots will not be stepping foot in Dubai or any other Middle-Eastern nation anytime soon.
The film, which was denied permission to be screened at the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) last year, has still not managed to get the go-ahead to release within the Middle East due to its adult content.
Mumbai, September 02: The Indian film industry has long been inspired by Hollywood, be it with regard to a storyline or a look… and now even a tattoo!
In Vipul Shah’s forthcoming film Force, John Abraham sports a tattoo that is strikingly similar to Sam Worthington’s in Avatar.
Both are black abstract designs. What’s more, both the actors have the tattoo on their right arm. We wonder if this is merely a coincidence, or if the tattoo was actually copied from the 3D blockbuster.
Mumbai, September 02: He isn’t the Bollywood Badshah for nothing! Superstar Shah Rukh Khan not just believes he is the best, he is confident that no one can compete with him because others “don’t run the same race” as him.
The 45-year-old charmer talked uninhibited about his success story, and narrated how he gives ‘thorns to competition’ at the launch of an eponymous book on marketing, co-authored by management guru and film producer Arindam Chaudhuri and his wife, Rajita.
Srinagar, September 02: The Shiv Sena today demanded Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s resignation and sought his apology for his comment on the issue of execution of Afzal Guru.
New Delhi, September 02: All thanks to Miss Universe contestant, we now have a new word to add to our vocabulary-twagerism.
The act of stealing someone else’s tweets to make you look more intelligent, yes that’s what ‘twagerism’ is.
According to news.com.au, the new word was coined from claims that a Miss Universe contestant “borrowed” tweets originally published by a newspaper columnist.
Miss Universe India, Vasuki Sunkavalli, in her Twitter profile and updates seemed to have a good grasp on politics and current affairs. We now know the source of her knowlegde.
Mumbai, September 02: A major mishap was averted on Friday morning when a Turkish Airways flight veered off the taxiway after landing in Mumbai and landed in mud.The incident occurred at 4:13 am at Mumbai Airport’s Rapid Exit Taxiway – N8. All 97 passengers on board Turkish Airways flight TK 720 are safe.
The main runway of the Mumbai airport was closed and a probe has been ordered by the DGCA into the incident.Another disaster was averted at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday after an Air India flight landed under emergency conditions.
Mumbai, September 02: Bollywood star Salman Khan’s surgery to treat the nerve disorder trigeminal neuralgia he suffers from has been successful.
Sources inform that Salman was taken into the operation theatre Wednesday midnight, IST.
The operation took almost six to seven hours.
The disorder caused acute pain to his jaw and other parts of his face. He had been suffering for a long time and finally decided to undergo treatment.
Riyadh, September 02: Kingdom Tower, Saudi Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal’s project to erect the world’s tallest building in Jeddah, is designed to imitate the contours of a sprouting desert plant. Adrian Smith’s task is to make sure it doesn’t sway in the wind like one.
The American architect has the right resume for the job. He already grappled with effects like horizontal wind divergence and negative pressure high above the Arabian Gulf desert when he designed Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, today’s highest tower.
Hyderabad, September 02: Senior TDP leader and former M.P. Mr. Lal Jan Basha declared that BJP and Congress are the two sides of the same coin. BJP has always enjoyed the support of the Congress from behind. He was addressing the media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan. Recalling an incident of 1990, he said that after the ‘Rath Yatra’ of L.K. Advani when there was voting in Parliament, the Congressmen voted in favour of BJP instead of supporting the then Prime Minister Mr. V.P. Singh. This incident indirectly helped BJP increase its strength.
Hyderabad, September 02: Mr. Syed Nazimuddin, President Aman Educational and Welfare Association has invited the attention of the eligible candidates and requested them to submit their applications for the post Asst. Loco Pilot. Candidates of 18 years of age who have passed SSC or ITI or any other technical diploma are eligible to apply. Minorities are exempted from fees. Applications in the prescribed form should be submitted before 12th September to Asst. Secretary, Railway Recruitment Board, South Lallaguda – 17. Website: rrbsecunderabad.nic.in may be consulted for further details.
Mumbai, September 02: When it comes to making a biopic, one has to take care of the minutest details. While in Hollywood, actors like Jamie Foxx and Leonardo Di Caprio have won accolades for portraying real life characters to the tee, while in India, filmmakers have often taken cinematic liberties.
Vidya Balan’s latest film, ‘The Dirty Picture’ is based on southern actress Silk Smitha’s life. While the film fraternity is going gaga about Vidya’s bold avatar, many feel that the actress does not resemble the sultry siren of the 80s.
Hyderabad, September 02: Not only has the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board’s (HMWS&SB) proposed Rain Water Harvesting Cell (RWH Cell) hit a wall, many people who had already paid for the service have their money stuck in a dead-end scheme.
Under the Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act —2002 (APWALTA), the Water Board had collected money from the consumers to the tune of� Rs. 20 crore in the name of constructing structures to harvest rain water.
But not even 30 per cent of them have been constructed in the the last six years.
Hyderabad, September 02: The suicide by 20-year-old Yalavarthi Sweeya, a student of IIT-Patna, has added one more to the list of students who have committed suicide due to the stress in a performance-driven society.
That she was an achiever throughout her school days and had been able to get through a premier institution like Indian Institute of Technology, did not prepare her for the cut-throat competition for marks and grades that hound many educational institutions in the country
Chukka Ramaiah, Educationist and founder of the IITstudy circle
New Delhi, September 02: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father in Tilak nagar area of west Delhi on Wednesday. The accused has been taken into custody, cops said.
“The victim made a PCR call about the incident around 8pm. The girl accused her drunken father of raping her. We have registered a case ,” said a senior police officer.
Ankara, September 02: Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal says Turkey plans to host a radar system developed by the United States for NATO.
Turkey’s decision to host the early-warning radar system will boost NATO’s “defense capacity and strengthen [Turkey’s] national defense system,” Turkey’s Anadolu news agency quoted Unal as saying early on Friday.
The official also noted that the plan is in line with NATO’s “New Strategic Concept” adopted by leaders of the military alliance in a summit in Lisbon last year.
New York, September 02: The New York Police Department (NYPD) and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) partner in a program devised to spy on the Muslims around the country.
The project also known as the Demographics Unit hires a team of NYPD officials and a CIA officer also known as, the Associated Press reported.
The squad is focusing on the nationals of 28 countries, nearly all of which are Muslim.
London, September 02: Women who have abortions are at risk of severe mental health problems, according to a study.
The research found that those who undergo abortion face nearly double the risk of mental health difficulties compared with others and that one in ten of all mental health problems was a result of abortion.
The findings are certain to cause major controversy at a time when the pro- and anti-abortion lobbies are already in the midst of a vicious row playing out in parliament.
Hyderabad, September 02: A sweetmaker from Tappeswaram in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh has offered a huge ‘laddu’ weighing over 2,000 kilogram to the 52-feet tall Ganesh idol at Khairatabad here.
“The 2,200-kg laddu contains 150 kg dry fruits, 250 kg ghee,600 kg sugar and 400 kg of Chana dal. Prepared completely with Ghee it will remain fresh for a month,” Mallikarjuna Rao Head of Suruchi Foods, Tappeswaram told PTI.
He said the expenditure for this laddu, which is to be placed on the hands of the Lord, was around Rs 4 lakh.