Mumbai, November 18: It still is one of Sandra Bullock’s most talked about performances and now we hear that the makers of Gyaarah Chalis Ki Last Metro have one of their key characters woven around the Oscar winner’s role in Speed.
The female lead in the sequel to Ek Chalis Ki Last Local will be seen battling against a life-threatening situation in an unstoppable metro, instead of a bus.
Mumbai, November 18: Abhishek Bachchan, who became father of a girl with Aishwarya Rai, has thanked friends and family for their good wishes and said he was eagerly waiting for the mother and daughter to come home. He also thanked the media for respecting their privacy.
Aishwarya gave birth to her first child Wednesday morning at Mumbai`s Seven Hills Hospital.
Hyderabad, November 18: There are two mosques and a dargah at Chilkur (Rangareddy district) which are completely abandoned. The magnificent mosque is completely ruined and is totally hidden among bushes. There are nearly 20 houses of Muslims in Chilkur. Some miscreants are obstructing in rehabilitation of mosque. Waqf board office is located at a distance of 30 kilometers from the mosque. Local Muslims repeatedly express their desire that they may allowed to offer prayers in the mosque.
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New Delhi, November 18:Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin Friday rubbished his ex-team mate Vinod Kambli’s allegations that the 1996 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata was fixed.
Azharuddin, now a Congress MP from Moradabad, said the decision to chase was a collective decision and the team took the blame for the loss against eventual champions Sri Lanka.
New Delhi, November 18: It wasn’t an easy task for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to infiltrate into the strongly-guarded citadel of former Karnataka tourism minister and mining baron Galli Janardhana Reddy, so it laid a master plot to nail him in the illegal mining scam.
Mumbai, November 18: Going by the oft-repeated adage, that there are no permanent foes or friends in the industry, it remains to be seen if there ever will be a patch up between Shah Rukh and Salman Khan.
Interestingly, it looked like King Khan was willing to let bygones be bygones with an interesting gesture at an award ceremony held at an Andheri studio, on Tuesday evening. Our source reveals that the actor was there to announce the award for the Best Onscreen Couple.
Mumbai, November 18: The ruling Khan of Bollywood aka Salman Khan may have risen by leaps and bounds but the actor continuously serves to be a true friend to those he stands by.
Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who has delivered many Bollywood super hit films in the past such as ‘Karz’, ‘Ram Lakhan’, ‘Taal’, ‘Khalnaayak’ and ‘Vidhaata’, has not had a favorable luck in the recent times.
His last two ventures ‘Kisna’ and ‘Yuvraaj’ were Box Office blunders. In difficult times like these, all he could ask was for a friend like Sallu to come along and back him up.
Mumbai, November 18: Any guesses who is helping Kareena Kapoor to get her act together in Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Heroine’? Its Kareena’s elder sister Karisma Kapoor!
With Madhur’s long overdue project going on floors later this month, Karisma wants Kareena to get into the skin of her character.
Talking to a daily, a source said, “The film is about the journey of this protagonist from being a nobody to the biggest heroine in the industry and then again falling down to an all-time low”.
Mumbai, November 18: Actor John Abraham, who has teamed up with Akshay Kumar after six years for ‘Desi Boyz’, says they share a special equation offscreen and the film is an extension of their brotherly love.
“The film does bring our `bromance` onscreen. Akshay and I share a very special equation and the film is an extension of our offscreen and onscreen bonding,” said John, who was here Thursday to promote his film.
John was accompanied by Akshay and the film`s leading ladies, Deepika Padukone and Chitrangada Singh.
Hyderabad, November 18: Youths who have become overage for recruitment as sub-inspectors of police on Thursday appealed to chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to raise the upper age limit by three years from 25 to 28 years.
Hyderabad, November 18: A third of the 70,394 km roads in the state have become unfit for motoring following their damage in recent cyclones and floods.
Lack of or insufficient funds is hampering repairing and re-carpeting as the government has released only Rs 500 crore to Rs 600 crore over the past six years against the requirement of Rs 1,200 crore.
The roads and buildings department has been facing fund crunch for the past six years.
Due to floods, cyclones and north, south and western monsoons, roads of a length of 23,000 km were damaged last year.
Hyderabad, November 18: A scavenger working in a private school at Bairamalguda was arrested on Thursday for allegedly molested a girl studying in class II, when the latter went to the wash room on Wednesday.
Infuriated over the incident, parents of the student and locals thrashed the accused and damaged school furniture leading to tension in the locality.
According to Saroornagar police, the seven-year-old girl went to the wash room in school premises on Wedenesday around 1.30 p.m.
Hyderabad, November 18: Hyderabad Golf Association on Thursday claimed that mosques and graves have not been desecrated during the developmental works carried out for Hyderabad Golf Course being developed at the foot of Golconda naya qila; instead the developmental work is being carried out far away from those places.
Hyderabad, November 18: The special CBI court dismissed bail petitions of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivas Reddy, key accused in the OMC illegal mining case.
The Magistrate B Naga Maruthi Sharma dismissed petitions filed by Janardhan Reddy and his brother-in-law BV Srinivas Reddy seeking bail on the grounds the investigation is in a crucial stage.
The CBI counsel had stated illegal mining took place under the Obulapuram Mining Company.
Hyderabad, November 18: The CBI probe against party president N Chandrabu Naidu is part of the witch-hunting launched by the Congress in collusion with YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy, the Telugu Desam has alleged.
Speaking to mediapersons at NTR Bhavan, the party’s headquarters, here on Thursday, Politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the move was part of an exercise to malign and weaken Chandrababu Naidu and prevent him from galvanising the non-Congress opposition parties at the national level in the campaign against corruption.
Cairo, November 18: A woman activist who posted nude pictures of herself on her blog to protest limits on free expression has triggered an uproar in Egypt, drawing condemnations from conservatives and liberals alike.
Some liberals feared that the posting by 20-year-old university student Aliaa Magda Elmahdy would taint them ahead of November 28 parliamentary elections.
Nudity is strongly frowned upon in Egyptian society, even as an art form.
New Delhi, November 18: A middle-aged man, who is a father of four, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for “cowardly” act of killing a girl by throwing acid on her after she spurned his sexual advances.
Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tiwari imposed the stern sentence on Uttar Pradesh native Subhash Chander, noting that even if the acid attack victim had survived, she would have been akin to a corpse with extensive acid burns all over her body.
New Delhi, November 18: The Supreme Court today refused to quash proceedings against suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 21-year-old alleged custodial death case.
A bench of justices B S Chauhan and T S Thakur refused to grant any relief to the Gujarat-cadre officer against the state high court’s order, which had dismissed his plea for quashing of criminal proceedings related to the case pending against him in a Jamnagar court.
Hyderabad, November 18: To reflect upon the minority issues Muslims Think Tank is going to organize a consultation meet of honourable members on Friday, November 18 at 6 pm, at Madina Education Centre, Nampally near Hajj House.
Mr. Asif Pasha President Muslim Think Tank will preside over. Mr. Aliuddin Quadri has appealed specially invited scholars and community elders besides honourable members to attend the meet.
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Hyderabad, November 18: Congress Legislature Party condemned the allegations of filing a case against Chandrababu Naidu in connivance with YSR Congress. They said that he should clarify his position to CBI.
He should not cover up his mistakes by blaming Congress. These thoughts were expressed by Congress Chief whip Mr. Murali while addressing a press conference in CLP office.
Hyderabad, November 18: In the presence of Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, CM of A.P. a Memorandum Of Understanding was signed between Govt. of A.P. and Amerind Petroleum in secretariat CM thanked Amerind Petroleum Corporation for selecting Visakhapatnam for oil refinery. He desired that production should be started soon. He assured of the cooperation of State Govt. He said that the vast coast of A.P. offers better facilities and infrastructure.
Hyderabad, November 18: Speaker of Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar said that the resignations of the MP’s were not submitted in accordance with the rules. She said that she has rejected the resignations of 12 MP’s including TRS President Mr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao after careful consideration. The MP’s had cumulatively resigned their seats on 4th July but the speaker has taken the decision on 15th November 2011.
New Delhi, November 18: The Supreme Court will take up a plea by Dr Rajesh Talwar and his wife Nupur, parents of murdered teenager Aarushi, challenging proceedings against them by a trial court.
The Talwars were named the prime accused in the murder of 15-year-old daughter in Noida in 2008.
The apex court will decide whether the magistrate was competent to take cognizance making them accused in the case.
The court, in March 2011, stayed criminal trial of the dentist couple for the murder of their daughter and domestic help Hemraj.
Hyderabad, November 18: Mr. Mohammed Ahmedullah, State Minister for Minorities Welfare, Govt. of A.P. wrote a letter to Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, CM of A.P. regarding the attacks on the Muslim youths by the miscreants.
Hyderabad, November 18: There is a common belief about Urdu that its readers are diminishing but it is a fact that it is spreading universally exploring new horizons. At one time in the past it was the language of the army personnel. Owing to its sweetness and delicacy, with the power of expressing any though, it is affixing its imprints universally on the horizon.