Month: October 2011

Hyderabad, October 07: T JAC has given call for Rail Roko on 9th 10th and 11th of October all over Telangana. TRS leaders like Harish Rao has warned the state government not to indulge with their Rail Roko program otherwise face consequences. He said “The jails in Telangana region would be not enough to put the Telangana people who come for Rail Roko. If an FIR is filed by the police against anyone, he/she should be proud of it and consider it as a certificate for their struggle.

Hyderabad, October 07: TJAC Chairman Prof. Kodhandaram has just announced that the Rail Roko program planned for 9th, 10th and 11th is postponed to 12th, 13th and 14th to enable T Employees hold Maha Dharna and TJAC’s visit to Singareni.

Panaji, October 07:The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday alleged that several senior Congress leaders, including Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, were beneficiaries of a Rs.25,000 crore illegal mining scam over the last two years.

Kirit Somaiya, BJP national secretary, added that a senior Congress leader from the party headquarters in New Delhi was also involved in the scam.

London, October 07: A Briton, who had just got married, spent her wedding night in a police cell as she was arrested for attacking her neighbour.

The row broke out after Imogen Hope, who was still wearing her wedding gown, returned home from the reception with her new husband Keith.

Imogen lunged at Samantha Pilling and rained blows on her before being pulled away. They have a long-running dispute, The Sun reported.

Police came and they offered her a change of clothes before they took her away.

She refused.

Mumbai, october 07: It’s but obvious for us to assume that actors would only fly first or business class to befit their ‘star’ status. However, if and when required, we have heard of some stars flying economy.

Ayesha Takia, apparently, is not one of those who’ll compromise on her career perks.

She refused to board a flight to Delhi when she learnt she was being ‘downgraded’, forcing producers of her forthcoming film Mod to cancel the promotional event to be held in the capital.

Time constraints

Mumbai, October 07: Former beauty queen and actress Gul Panag, who feels Bipasha Basu and Akshay Kumar are Bollywood’s fitness icons, says girls should stop running behind size zero and simply focus on being fit.

“I don’t understand the relationship between size zero and a fit body. Fitness is that if your car breaks down and you can easily walk four to five km without tiring out, or if you can pick a heavy bag without complaining about your back… fitness is not necessarily about being skinny, ” Gul told reporters here.

The 32-year-old also gave out some fitness tips.

New Delhi, October 07: Former India coach Gary Kirsten was surprised at the disappointing show of Mahendra Singh Dhoni`s men in the recent tour of England, which saw them lose the world number one Test spot, but said they are good enough to bounce back.

In what turned out to be a disastrous tour for India, they were blanked 0-4 in the four-match Test series, while lost 0-3 in the five-match ODI series by England.

England are now in India for five-match one-day contest, which begins on October 14 in Hyderabad.

Lucknow, October 07: A woman poisoned her five minor children and then took her own life in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district, police said Friday. She was evidently depressed over declining relations with her policeman husband.

“In a suicide note, the woman has alleged her husband was a drunkard and used to assault her and their three daughters and two sons,” police inspector Ghanshyam Pandey told reporters in Banda, some 250 km from Lucknow.

New Delhi, October 07: Accusing anti-corruption campaigners like Anna Hazare and political leaders of turning a “blind eye to the rampant corruption and shocking political crimes in Kashmir”, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti says this apathy towards the state “is the tragedy of Kashmiris”.

New York Police Commissioner has been grilled by city council members over targeting Muslim neighborhoods in police surveillance, amid calls of putting under oversight the department that has become the most aggressive domestic intelligence agency in the US. “It looks like we are targeting Muslim neighborhoods and communities,” Councilman Brad Lander said during the council hearing, The New York Times reported on Friday, October 7.

Mumbai, October 07: Choreographer-director-actor Farah Khan has been the most consistent follower of Bigg Boss since season one. However, this time she misses out on half the episode because of her gruelling shooting schedules. “I’m tired when I get home. Ever since Just Dance wrapped up,
for Housefull 2.

Bhopal, October 07: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said on Friday he stood vindicated by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that the volunteers of his organisation had taken part in the recent anti-corruption agitations, including the one led by Gandhian Anna Hazare.

Addressing the RSS’ annual Dussehra rally in Nagpur yesterday, Bhagwat said activists of the Sangh fountainhead had taken part in the recent movements and agitations against corruption out of their social commitment.

Oslo, October 07: The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Friday to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women’s rights.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured the three women “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work”.

Johnson Sirleaf, 72, is a Harvard-trained economist who became Africa’s first democratically elected female president in 2005.

She faces a presidential poll this month.

New Delhi, October 07: Accusing anti-corruption campaigners like Anna Hazare and political leaders of turning a “blind eye to the rampant corruption and shocking political crimes in Kashmir”, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti says this apathy towards the state “is the tragedy of Kashmiris”.

New Delhi, October 07: A 14-year-old girl from Assam was rescued from a Haryana village in a joint operation by cops from the city and Haryana and NGO Shakti Vahini. The rescuers overcame stiff resistance by the villagers, who claimed their “daughter-in-law” was five months pregnant.

New Delhi, October 07: A ban on Indian films in Pakistan’s cinema houses would help the country’s film industry “develop and thrive”, a Pakistani daily said Friday.

An editorial in The Nation said the demand made by a group of artists, singers and directors in Lahore Wednesday to ban Indian films in national cinema houses ought to be met by the government.

“That would help the national film industry develop and thrive.

Mumbai, October 07: Actors Mahie Gill and Randeep Hooda, who gave some up, close and personal shots including a kiss for “Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster”, feel there’s no big deal about intimate scenes.

“People were talking about it (the kiss) earlier. But after watching the film, nobody talked about it, which is a good thing. My family saw the film but they didn’t even mention it or ask me about it, ” Mahie said here.

Randeep, who earlier shot steamy scenes for his long-delayed film “Rang Rasiya”, too justified the scenes.

Moradabad, October 07: Lawmaker and actress Jaya Prada has said that India has to get together to fight against the menace of corruption.

Speaking to mediapersons after praying for eradication of widespread corruption in the country on the auspicious Dussehra, Prada said: “Today the entire country is grappling under the issue of widespread corruption and militant attacks. On this auspicious day I hope that good wins over the evil and that the country is corruption free.”

Vijayawada, October 07: The Payakapuram police and the Task Force sleuths arrested rowdy sheeter Khal Nayak alias Katta Venugopal on the charge of abetting the suicide of a destitute couple in the New Rajarajesweripet area recently.

The police are also charging him with pickpocketing at a city hospital in the Pushpa Hotel area a few days ago and also at other places in the recent months.

Hyderabad, October 07: Avoiding the solution of burning muslim issues, Govt. can’t gain the favour of muslim constructing a new Haj House. Eminent Muslim leaders of TDP, Mr. Zahid Ali Khan, Editor, Siasat and Politburo member, Mr. Lal Jan Basha former M.P. Mr. Masquathi, MLC, Mr. N. M. Farooq, former minister, Mr. Mohammed Saleem, former Chairman, Wakf Board in a press statement reviewing the announcement of the Govt.

Hyderabad, October 07: RTC employees’ strike is causing a loss of Rs. 8 crore daily. Management of RTC made some arrangements for transporting people going to their native places for celebrating Dussehra by commissioning buses from other places. Mr. Prasada Rao, M.D. of RTC told that alternate arrangements were made to save the passengers from the inconvenience caused by RTC employees’ strike.

Regional managers also made their efforts to facilitate the passengers by hiring private buses. Strike is successful in all the 11 regions of ten Telangana districts.

Hyderabad, October 07: Congress MP from Andhra region Mr. L. Rajagopal said that by resorting to strike Separate Telangana state won’t be formed. It only adds to the inconvenience of the people. He justified his action of meeting the Andhra officer of RTA who was victimized by Telangana activists.

He urged the Govt. to provide security to Andhra employees working in Telangana region.

Hyderabad, October 07: State Labour Minister criticized Prof. Kodandaram Reddy, Convener, Telangana Political Joint Action Committee for not demanding resignation from BJP President Mr. G. Kishan Reddy who is also an MLA. He alleged Kodandaram that he is demanding resignations only from Congress MLA’s. Talking to newsmen, he said that Telangana Agitation has been intensified. Employees are on strike for the past 25 days. He also said that Congress MPs and MLAs have already briefed the central leaders about the present situation. Mr. K.

Ahmedabad, October 07: A special court, hearing a post-Godhra riot case where four persons including three British nationals were killed in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district, has summoned two former British envoys to depose before it through video conferencing on November 23.

Special judge Geeta Gopi of Sabarkantha court issued summons to former Deputy British High Commissioners to India, Ian Reakes and Howard Parkinson, asking them to depose before the court via video conferencing next month.

New Delhi, October 07: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said today he stood vindicated by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that the volunteers of his organisation had taken part in the recent anti-corruption agitations, including the one led by Gandhian Anna Hazare.

Addressing the RSS’ annual Dussehra rally in Nagpur yesterday, Bhagwat said activists of the Sangh fountainhead had taken part in the recent movements and agitations against corruption out of their social commitment.