Mumbai, October 03: Mumbai Mirror has revealed how Bollywood star Katrina Kaif got her surname Kaif. It’s none other than the cricketer Mohammed Kaif. While Mohammed Kaif is now on the sidelines of cricket, unnoticed, Katrina has zoomed to become the lucky mascot of Bollywood films, the latest being Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.
This was revealed by Ayesha Shroff, the producer of Kaizad Gustad’s film Boom – the film that launched Katrina in Bollywood.
Hyderabad, October 03: Lok Satta Party State Working President DVVS Varma on Sunday appealed to youth and all those who have shunned politics marked by dynastic and family rule and money power to utilize the Lok Satta as a platform for transforming society.
Addressing a gathering at the party headquarters to mark the celebration of Gandhi Jayanthi and the party’s fifth anniversary, Varma said that Dr Jayaprakash Narayan had decided to quit as State party President to create room for new forces to lead the party.
Hyderabad, October 03: Handlooms and Textiles Minister P Shankar Rao on Sunday alleged that the police personnel deputed for his security were spying on him.
New Delhi, October 03: Asking the Centre not to put the patience of Telangana people on test, Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday announced that the general strike of employees would continue till the Centre announces a decision on formation of separate state.
Lucknow,October 03 :Bjp which got a temporary lease of life after UPA 2 got into a muddle due to many scandals like 2 g,cwg etc etc is now facing internal dissension.BJP IS a divided house when it comes to who will be party’s prime ministerial candidate. The national leadership has been ducking the issue but local leaders are quite vocal about it.
Two groups belonging to rival Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders, Satish Mahana and Radhey Shyam Pandey, engaged in a violent clash in Kanpur on Sunday in which at least four workers were injured.
New Delhi,October 03 :“The Bill needs only simple majority. But, if the NDA supports the Bill it will be passed with two-thirds majority. So it is the Congress which has to decide, not others,” he said.
The young TRS MLA said his father and Kothandaram would present the “right picture” to the Prime Minister when they meet him on the situation in the Telangana region.
He alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has not been providing the “right picture” to the Centre and has been “misleading” everyone by his public statements.
Mumbai, October 03 :It’s almost a ‘Bachna ae haseeno’ moment in the ‘Bigg Boss’ house this season. Thirteen beauties from different walks of life entered the fifth edition of the controversial reality show, with Bollywood villain Shakti Kapoor in tow Sunday night. What will add ‘double dhamaal’ is hero Salman Khan and ‘khalnayak’ Sanjay Dutt’s chemistry as the hosts.
The women contestants are an eclectic mix – controversial models, actresses, a wrestler, as well as a proud transgender.
Hyderabad, October 02: Hyderabad police Saturday began investigations against leading Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, who was booked for allegedly abusing a woman journalist and for criminal intimidation.
Police sources said the the police may question the actor and also record the statement of Y. Sunita Chowdhary, who lodged a complaint against him.
A case under sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman) of Indian Penal Code was booked against Nagarjuna on Saturday at Jubliee Hills police station.
Mumbai, October 02: As many as 72 percent of sexually active young people across the country have had sex with new partner without any protection, an international survey says.
A full 40 percent of the youth polled in India say they had problems accessing contraceptives when they needed, 36 percent said they knew a close friend/ family member who has had an unplanned pregnancy.
Nearly a one-third got wrong information about contraception from friends.
London, October 02: The British Queen is said to be hugely knowledgeable about fine art, with the Royal Collection among the finest collection of artworks in the world. Now, it seems Prince William`s wife Kate Middleton is to become the `Queen of Arts` as she`s following in the Monarch`s footsteps.
New Delhi, October 02: The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will look into the grievances of the Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, an organisation of Muslim scholars, if any, a secretariat meeting of the IUML decided here on Sunday.
Briefing the media after the meeting at the League House, party general secretary E.T. Muhammed Basheer said it was not the style and tradition of the IUML to go forward neglecting the concerns and grievances of any loyal group, let alone Samastha.
Islamabad, October 02: A girl who topped the class 10 examination was gang raped in Lahore, a media report said.
Two men gang raped the teenager in Shahkot area of Lahore, reported Geo News.
The men had called out the girl, who topped in Secondary School Certificate exam, from her institute on the pretext of her mother’s illness.
They then gang raped her.
The victim was in trauma and not able to record her statement before the police, the news report said.
–Agencies
Bhopal, October 02: Saba, the elder daughter of the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, has become the first woman to head the Awqaf-e-Shahi, becoming the patron of Waqf properties in Bhopal and abroad worth over Rs.300 crore, an official said Sunday.
Saba officially took charge of as Mutawali or patron of Waqf properties spread out from Bhopal, including Bhopal’s picturesque Jama Masjid, to Saudi Arabia.
Ssaba was named the naib-mutawalli (deputy patron) by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi in 2008.
New Delhi, October 02: The arrest of Gujarat’s DIG rank police officer Sanjeev Bhatt and the prime witness in Gujarat carnage, has created uproar amongst civil society organizations, civil rights groups and activists.
Activists and Civil Rights’ groups have given a nationwide call of protest against Bhatt’s arrest on Monday. “We strongly condemn the arrest of Sanjeev Bhatt by the Modi government on fabricated charges,” said eminent social activist Shabnam Hashmi, while terming the arrest arbitrarily and unconstitutional.
IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt
Hyderabad, October 02: Hyderabad police Saturday began investigations against leading Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna, who was booked for allegedly abusing a woman journalist and for criminal intimidation.
Police sources said the the police may question the actor and also record the statement of Y. Sunita Chowdhary, who lodged a complaint against him.
A case under sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman) of Indian Penal Code was booked against Nagarjuna on Saturday at Jubliee Hills police station.
London, October 02: More than 50 percent of women in a study confessed that they thought about food more than sex.
Ten percent of those surveyed by the weight loss company Atkins, revealed they would feel guiltier straying from their diet than being unfaithful to their partner.
The most common reason for women in Britain to start a diet is trying to attain “the perfect beach body”, while one in seven said they were motivated by cruel taunts over their weight, Daily Mail reported Saturday.
New Delhi, October 02: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has said he has no desire to hold any post as it would then not be possible for him to continue with the work he is doing at present.
“I don’t desire to be the president. Whatever work is being done by me today won’t be possible if I hold that post,” Hazare said in a TV interview.
“Several people tried to persuade me to become an MLA or an MP, minister but I am not interested in these postseither. Whatever I can do today, I won’t be able to do soafter becoming a minister,” he said.
Hyderabad, October 02: A girl student has committed suicide for Telangana in the RR district on Sunday.
According to information, 17-year-old Bhavani, an Intermediate second year student of Koheda village has poured kerosene and set herself afire in the afternoon. She has left behind, a suicide note, stating that she was ending her life for Telangana.
Nagam stages dharna
Hyderabad, October 02: Congress in-charge of state affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday stated that the high command would find a early solution to creation of Telangana.
New Delhi, October 02: The Telangana Rashra Samithi chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhara Rao, has said that they would not resort to violence even if the government provoked.
Mr KCR, the Telangana JAC Convener, Prof. Kodandaram, and the BJP senior leader, Mr Ch. Vidyasagar Rao observed silent fast at Rajaghat, samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, on his birth anniversary day on Sunday.
Bhopal, October 02: Saba, the elder daughter of the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, has become the first woman to head the Awqaf-e-Shahi, becoming the patron of Waqf properties in Bhopal and abroad worth over Rs.300 crore, an official said Sunday.
Saba officially took charge of as Mutawali or patron of Waqf properties spread out from Bhopal, including Bhopal’s picturesque Jama Masjid, to Saudi Arabia.
Ssaba was named the naib-mutawalli (deputy patron) by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi in 2008.
Mumbai, Octber 02:With Indian markets trading volatile for most of September, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sold in droves and net investments from overseas funds in the month stood at a paltry $6.97 million.
FIIs were bearish in August and had pulled out $2.48 billion. According to data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), overseas funds participation in Indian stock markets is now at a low $51.3 million.
Data available for the four trading days of last week showed net FII outflows at $372.92 million.
Islamabad, Octber 02:Over 2.5 million people affected by floods in Pakistan are in desperate need of food, drinking water and sanitation facilities, the UN has said.
According to Humaira Mehboob, an official of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), about 1.75 million people also require emergency shelter.
The country’s southern Sindh province has been devastated by floods since mid-August due to incessant rains.
Islamabad, Octber 02:The toll in the dengue outbreak in Pakistan’s Lahore city Sunday rose to 127 after three more people succumbed to the disease, a media report said.
According to the Punjab health department, more than 12,000 cases of dengue were reported in the province, of which over 11,240 cases were recorded in Lahore, the provincial capital. So far 139 people died of dengue in the province.
Currently, 1,649 dengue patients are under treatment in different hospitals in Punjab, Geo TV reported.
New Delhi, Octber 02: Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha is elated at getting a chance to be part of the Paris Fashion Week being held from Sep 27 to Oct 5.
“Louis Vuitton taking me to Paris for Fashion Week. Next few days full of fun, excitement n glamour. Taking off now, see u when I am back! I sleep now in Mumbai, wake up in Paris,” Sonakshi wrote on microblogging site Twitter late Saturday.