Johannesburg, November 29: Three women in Zimbabwe accused of raping at least four men to get their sperm for traditional rituals.
The women, who have been charged with 17 counts of aggravated indecent assault, go on trial today in a case that has shocked the country.
Police officials in Zimbabwe believe the alleged perpetrators are part of a nationwide syndicate that may be using the sperm for a traditional ritual claiming to make people lucky and wealthy.
Mumbai, November 29: Mostly seen in a clean-shaven look, Shah Rukh Khan is finding it hard to grow a beard for a music video for his forthcoming film “Don 2: The Chase Continues”.
“Doing a music video for Don2… beard struggling to grow back. I really enjoy being Don… all that I am not I get to do, ” Shah Rukh posted on twitter page.
The 46-year-old is sporting several looks in the film and in one of them he will be seen sporting a stubble and long hair.
Directed by Farhan Akhtar, the film will release Dec 23 and has Priyanka Chopra in the lead role.
-Agencies
Hyderabad, November 29: It is unfortunate that the country has a prime minister who does not understand the seriousness of the Telangana agitation, Telangana Rashtra Samiti president and Mahaboobnagar MP K Chandrasekhara Rao has remarked.
Speaking at a demonstration organised by the Progressive organisation of Women (POW) at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Monday, the TRS chief said that the prime minister did not say anything on Telangana because he did not have voice. “Unless Amma speaks, he would not speak,” Rao said.
Hyderabad, November 29: Unidentified miscreants decamped with jewellery worth over Rs 2.5 lakh from a house in on Monday after threatening two women inmates of the house.
The incident occurred around 3.30 pm when two unidentified men entered their house without the knowledge of the house owner, T Prabhavathi (50) while her daughterinlaw Divya was at the grocery store. When Prabhavathi found two men in the bedroom, she began crying after which Divyas rushed home. The duo, on hearing the house owners cries, broke open the almirah and stole the jewellery.
Hyderabad, November 29: Electrical short circuit is suspected to have led to the fire mishap that broke out in an under construction fivestar hotel at Banjara Hills late on Sunday night.
Fire officials suspect that sparks from the sixth floor where workers were attending to interior decoration works, might have caused the fire which later spread to the seventh floor.
Hyderabad, November 29: With the Armed Forces Special Protection Act (AFSPA) being a bone of contention between civil rights groups and the governments, ‘Saving Sharmila’ campaign might not be an easy objective. But, a five-member team of civil society representatives, who were in the city on Monday, have named their campaign in honour of the iron lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila.
Mumbai, November 29: Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor has come up a revelation that’s quite sensational. The actor, who teamed up with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali for `Rockstar`, finds the director extremely sexy.
Recently while talking to a daily, Ranbit went ga-ga over Imtiaz’s understanding about women’s psyche. He said, “I`ve yet to meet a man who understands women better than Imtiaz Ali. He`s sexy. If there`s someone sexy, it`s Imtiaz Ali. He understands a woman`s needs – spiritually and emotionally.”
Mumbai, November 29: Ajun Rampal recently turned 39 and celebrated his birthday on the first day shooting for ‘Heroine’ as it`s his character`s birthday and the sequence is used in the movie. The actor isn`t sure whether director Madhur Bhandarkar planned it.
According to a source, Arjun plays an on-the-rise actor who latches on to the top actress of the day. The birthday sequence that Bhandarkar shot for Arjun`s character fell on Arjun`s birthday.
Islamabad, November 29: Trains may not run from Pakistan’s Rawalpindi city from Tuesday as their engines don’t have diesel.
The daily Dawn said that trains from Rawalpindi are likely to stop running from Tuesday with divisional railway running out of diesel.
An official said that they have stopped issuing tickets for trains scheduled to depart Tuesday.
“The diesel stock is finished…,” the official was quoted as saying.
He added the authorities concerned had been informed about the fuel situation.
Hyderabad, November 29: Andhra Pradesh assembly Speaker N. Manohar Monday accepted resignations of four lawmakers from the Telangana region but rejected resignations of 61 other legislators, including those belonging to the ruling Congress but loyal to the YSR Congress party.
The speaker accepted resignations of three legislators of the Congress and one of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), all of them from the Telangana region, who quit their respective parties to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Patna, November 29: A senior parliamentarian from Bihar has lost his membership in the Lok Sabha for keeping the law in the dark about having two wives.
The Patna High Court annulled the election of the Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) Mangani Lal Mandal after it was established he had suppressed the facts about his first wife in affidavits submitted to the Election Commission of India while filing his nomination papers for the elections.
Mandal was elected a Member of Parliament from Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar on a JD-U ticket in the last Lok Sabha polls in April 2009.
Dubai, November 29: Workers have complained that the Ministry of Labour is still asking for approval from sponsors if workers wish to change jobs after two years.
Affected workers pointed to the ministry’s earlier reforms to the labour law which did away with the need for a sponsor’s approval for employees who have been with their sponsors for two continuous years. The workers complained that they were being slapped with one-year ban for failing to secure such approval.
Mumbai, November 29: Her concern was the continuation of security breaches and terrorism and the apparent mood to move forward in normalising relations with Pakistan, without any guarantee that terrorism will not be its state policy anymore, says T P Sreenivasan.
Kavita Karkare, Hemant Karkare’s widow, was not impressed with the beautiful words of homage spoken on the anniversary of the dreadful night three years ago, in which her husband and several sentinels of the security of our nation perished.
Washington, November 29: A woman from the US state of Georgia has claimed that she and Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain had a 13-year-long extramarital affair.
The 46-year-old female, named Ginger White, alleged on Monday that their affair continued almost until the former businessman announced his candidacy several months ago, the Associated Press reported.
“Here we go again. I didn’t do anything wrong,” Cain, however, said in response, claiming that he had been trying to help White financially.
Mumbai, November 29: Cynicism marks Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s decision to make all aspirants for the upcoming Mumbai civic elections sit for an examination here Sunday.
In an unprecedented move, Thackeray announced Nov 19 that all prospective MNS candidates must prove themselves worthy of any public office by appearing for and clearing an examination with flying colours.
Mumbai, November 29: Kareena Kapoor and Imran Khan’s movie Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu landed up in problem for the word ‘sex’. The trailer of this Karan Johar and UTV Motion Pictures produced venture was refused a U certificate by Central Board of Film Certification simply because it had the word ‘sex’ used in one of the sentences.
Hyderabad, November 29: Mr. N. Manohar, speaker of A.P. Assembly accepted the resignations of four MLA’s who had resigned from their parties to join TRS. Two of them are from Congress and the other two belong to TDP. He rejected the resignations of 61 other MLA’s who had resigned from their Assembly seats in support of Telangana.
Hyderabad, November 29: Govt. of A.P. taking necessary steps for the formation of a hand management authority for allotment of land for the developmental activities of the Govt. An all party meeting was convened under the Chairmanship of N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, CM of A.P. to elicit proposals and missions from various political parties. After consulting opposition parties, a draft policy document would be prepared.
Hyderabad, November 29: TRS President K. Chandrasekhara Rao blamed PM for keeping quiet despite many suicides by T-supporters. Dr. Manmohan Singh is unable to feel the sentiments of T-people. He was addressing the gathering at Jantar Mantar Road, New Delhi yesterday organized by an organization of women (P.O.W.) which staged dharna in support of Telangana.
Hyderabad, November 29: Opposition parties expressed their disappointment and dissatisfaction over land allotment policy of A.P. State Govt. and demanded to accord Legal status and full powers to the proposed Land Management authority.
An all party meeting was convened at Secretariat to consider the draft of the land allotment policy of the Govt. CM presided over the meeting.
Hyderabad, November 29: Former Minister Mr. K. Venkat Reddy told the MLA’s in a press conference to stall Assembly proceedings to pressurize the Govt. to solve T-issue. He praised the MP’s who are struggling in Parliament for Telangana. Mr. Reddy told the newsmen that he would attend Assembly session and place the matter before other members.
He also stressed A.P. Congress President to represent T-issue to state and central Govts.
——Siasat News
Hyderabad, November 29: A contingent of Haj Pilgrims consisting 293 persons reached Hyderabad yesterday. Mr. Syed Khaleeluddin, Chairman Haj Committee Mahmood Hussain, Engineer, Raza Hussain Azad, OSD Mohammed Siddique, Irfan Shareef and others were present at the airport. There are only six contingents yet to come. Medical team is also available at Haj terminal.
——Siasat News
Watchman murdered in Medchal
Hyderabad, November 29 (Siasat News): A 66-year-old watchman was murdered in the suburban area of the city where some unidentified persons killed him with heavy boulders.
His dead body was recovered from the forest area of the railway colony. According to the inspector Medchal Mr. Yadgiri, the deceased R Vigyam was working as a watchman and was reportedly a hunter of the rabbits.
It is suspected that he might have killed by some persons during the hunt in the forest. Police is yet to ascertain the cause of the murder.
Mumbai, November 29: Guess it’s not just male but also female actors who seem to be getting pally. And besides films, actresses these days are busy playing parts that comes naturally to them– being hot, sexy sirens.
And recently a couple of actors like Sonakshi Sinha, Kangna Ranaut, Sameera Reddy and others were all seen in ravishing hot avatars! If you are wondering whether these actresses are working in a film together or proabably doing an item number, then the answer’s no! These babes were gathered together for a sizzling calendar shoot.
London, November 29: Britain’s Home Office has made an appeal for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to draw up contingency plans to deal with a deadly radioactive or “dirty bomb” attack during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
As the British government fears a possible radioactive attack at one of the venues outside heavily protected London during the 2012 Olympic Games, a rapid reaction force of 1,000 personnel has been ordered to be on stand-by in order to deal with a “mass casualty incident,” revealed the Sunday Mirror on 27 November.