Month: November 2011

New Delhi, November 15: The CBI on Tuesday told a Delhi court that it would provide in two days a copy of a file relating to 2G spectrum allocation to Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy who alleged the document would prove the “complicity” of then Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the scam.

CBI prosecutor AK Singh told Special CBI Judge OP Saini that the agency will give the copy of the file to Swamy by Thursday.

The Janata Party chief today appeared before the court to allege that despite a judicial order on the issue the probe agency has not given him the documents so far.

Amritsar, November 15: BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani on Tuesday faced hostile crowds of workers of some Akali Dal factions during his visit to the Golden Temple when he was greeted by slogans.

In the morning, when Advani entered the periphery of the Golden Temple to pay obeisance, he was greeted with slogans of Khalistan raised by activists associated with former MP Simranjit Singh Mann.

Men of the SGPC task force escorted Advani into the sanctum sanctorum, while Police Commissioner R P Mittal was present to oversee the security.

Kolkata, November 15: Two Maoists were killed in a gunfight with the security forces in West Bengal’s Purulia district, police said Tuesday.

‘We recovered bodies of two Maoist guerrillas today (Tuesday) morning. They were killed in a gunfight between the Maoists and joint forces Monday night,’ Superintendent of Police Sunil Choudhury told IANS.

A fierce gunfight took place in the Balrampur area of Purulia district, over 300 km from here, Monday night.

‘While conducting a search operation after the gunfight ended, we recovered the bodies,’ Choudhury said.

—-IANS—

Hyderabad, November 15: Indian students opting for higher education in the United States dropped by one per cent compared to previous year, but still they represent 14 per cent of foreign students, according to the Open Doors report, which is published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The report was released in Washington on Monday.

Kolkata, November 15: Batting genius Sachin Tendulkar Tuesday completed 22 marathon years in international cricket, still awaiting a record 100th international ton. The Mumbaikar has gone without a century for the last eight months.

Mumbai, November 15: It is widely known that Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone cannot see eye to eye. But for rockstar Ranbir, it looks like the two women were ready to fine-tune their personal equations.

Both the actresses were seen under the same roof after a long while, as Ranbir arranged an exclusive screening of his film Rockstar for his friends from the industry.

Says an eye-witness, “Deepika, Katrina and even Anushka were at the film’s screening at Yashraj over the weekend. Ranbir was keen that all his closest friends watch it.”

Mumbai, November 15: Sudhir Mishra’s new film has distinct echoes of 2004 Priyanka Chopra-starrer Aitraaz, in which Chopra played an ambitious woman in the corporate world. In Mishra’s film, Chitrangda Singh plays a woman who gets carried away by her ambitions and ends up accusing the man she loves (played by Arjun Rampal) of sexual harassment.

Said Mishra, “I haven’t seen Aitraaz. But a woman who loses her sense of self in a corporate set-up to pursue her ambitions can be very dangerous.”

In the director’s words, Singh plays a ‘slut’ in the film.

Mumbai, November 15: It appears that Kareena Kapoor did a rethink after realising that her cousin Ranbir Kapoor had already done it!

Initially it was announced that Bebo would pay tribute to her grand uncle Shammi Kapoor by performing to his tracks at an awards event as reported ‘Cousins think alike’.

Now, however, the plan has changed and the actress will pay tribute to her grandfather Raj Kapoor and dance to his chartbusters. On November1, Ranbir had paid tributes to Shammi Kapoor and got jiggy to his tracks at the A R Rahman concert as part of his film’s promotions.

Mumbai, November 15: Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone says her father, former badminton ace Prakash Padukone, should be considered for Bharat Ratna.

The 25-year-old model-turned actress has now joined the league of people who demand Bharat Ratna for famous personalities, pitching her father as a deserving person.

“As a daughter, I want my father to be honoured with the title of Bharat Ratna, considering his contribution to badminton throughout his career,” Deepika told reporters.

Thousands of rail passengers were affected on Monday after a technical snag at Beach station brought EMU movement to a standstill for nearly half-an-hour during the peak hour this morning.

Senior railway sources admitted to technical snag affecting movement for 25 minutes from 9.20am.

This particularly hit women passengers, particularly staff at the State Secretariat, as the EMUs stopped midway between Park and Fort Railway stations. The women had to be helped by their male colleagues to move out of the train midway.

The tragic death of 26-year-old Shaheed Bava who died after being beaten up by a group of alleged Islamic fundamentalists has shocked and shamed Kerala.

Bava was attacked on Wednesday in Mukkam for visiting a woman with whom he allegedly had an illicit relationship.

Noted Malayalam writer and social activist M.N. Karassery says no one has the right to interfere with the personal freedom of others.

“As a resident of Mukkam, I’m ashamed today. No one has the right to kill others, neither politicians, nor religious fundamentalists. It was a barbaric act,” he fumes.

New Delhi, November 15: After becoming a rage with item number “Sheila ki jawaani”, Katrina Kaif is set to gyrate to “Chikni chameli” in Karan Johar’s remake of his father’s 1990 critically acclaimed “Agneepath”.

“Katrina Kaif is doing a full on item song in AGNEEPATH….its a total swinging number called CHIKNI CHAMELI….we shoot it in a week,” Karan posted on his Twitter page Tuesday.

Hyderabad, November 15: Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokur was on Tuesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court here.

Justice Lokur was administered the oath of the office by Governor E S L Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan in a ceremony attended by the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, his deputy Damodar Rajnarasimha, besides some ministers and legislators. Before his transfer to the AP High Court, justice Lokur served as the chief justice of Gauhati High Court.

Hyderabad, November 15: In an incident occurred at Tolichowki Alhasnat colony a watchman died of electrocution. According to Humayunagar police sources 46 year old Shah Ali who worked as a watchman in Alhasnat colony, was inspecting the electric fuse during his duty last night when he was hit by the electric shock. He was rushed to the hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.

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Hyderabad, November 15: 22 year old Azamuddin suffering from mental trauma after the death of his sister hanged himself to death. The incident occurred under Chilkalguda police station limits.

According to police sources Azamuddin was the resident of Warisguda and a businessman by occupation. Distraught by his sister’s death, who died one month ago, Azamuddin resorted to the extreme step and committed suicide.

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Mumbai, November 15: Salman Khan, who is lovingly called bhai by his close friends and fans seems to have had enough of being addressed as “brother”.

The actor believes that he doesn’t want to carry the burden of universal brotherhood, for even girls have started calling him by the same name. And that is what irks Salman ‘Dabangg’ Khan.

Recently, at an event held in Dubai, a south Indian actress referred to him as bhai and the flamboyant star instantly reacted and asked her to call him Salman. He said, “Don’t call me bhai! I`ve got two sisters that`s more than enough!”

Hyderabad, November 15: A man who was desperate to have a son committed suicide when his wife gave birth to a girl child. This heartburning incident occurred under Medchel police station limits.

According to police sources 28 year old M Venkatesh who was a labour by occupation consumed poison last night in his house. Later he was rushed to the hospital where he died while undergoing treatment.

Venkatesh’s wife gave birth to a baby girl 25 days ago and he wanted a boy.

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Mumbai, November 15: Saif Ali Khan is happy and content with the space he has created for himself in the Hindi film industry. The actor, who was recently crowned the Nawab of Pataudi has great respect for his contemporaries who are far more popular than him.

Talking to a daily, Saif said, “I have great respect for the three Khans. I don’t think it’s fair to compare us. They are far more successful.”

The Khans are ruling Bollywood but sadly Saif doesn’t feature in them. Its Salman, Aamir and Shah Rukh all the way.

Mumbai, November 15: After going around for nine years, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza are finally going to tie the knot on February 4.

The two actors, who met on the set of ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’ (2003), will exchange wedding vows at Mumbai’s Hyatt Regency.

Talking to a daily, a source said, “We`ve been told to keep ourselves free from the third to the fifth of February. The wedding has been finalised for the fourth. They have decided the venue as well. Hyatt Regency has been booked.”

Mumbai, November 15: Bollywood`s `serial kisser` Emraan Hashmi feels that veteran actor and co-star Naseeruddin Shah has got bolder and dirtier in their upcoming film `The Dirty Picture`, inspired by late Southern sex siren Silk Smitha`s life.

“As far as the bold quotient goes…I am doing my own bold stuff but Naseer is the boldest in the film. I think he has taken all my mantle in the film and he is doing what I use to normally do in films,” Emraan, who earned the `serial kisser` tag after Anurag Basu`s `Murder`, told reporters.

Jeddah, November 15: Two naughty Syrian boys in Saudi Arabia thought of enjoying touching women without being prosecuted in the conservative Muslim Gulf Kingdom, so they donned traditional Arabian female gowns and walked into a crowded shopping mall. Minutes later, they were seen handcuffed and led by the religious police.

Members of the feared Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice had watched the two since they went into the mall in the capital Riyadh as they suspected the way they walked as males.

Hyderabad, November 15: Two youngsters from the state, both second year students of the Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad in Jharkhand, state, who went on a weekend picnic met with a watery grave in Bhatinda waterfalls there on Sunday.

Mexico City, November 15: A Mexican girl has become a mother at the age of just 10.

The youngster arrived at a hospital in the city of Puebla, suffering from life-threatening complications in her 31-week pregnancy, including seizures.

She gave birth by C-section to a boy weighing 3.3 lb at the Women’s Hospital in the city, 60 miles south-east of Mexico City.

Her premature son is now said to be in intensive care following a bout of pneumonia, but officials said his young mother visits the baby every day to breastfeed.

Hyderabad, November 15: After YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, it will now be the turn of former chief minister and Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu to face a CBI investigation into his “riches”. The High Court on Monday asked the CBI, Enforcement Directorate and SEBI to conduct a preliminary investigation independently into Chandrababu Naidu’s assets and submit a report to the court within three months in sealed envelopes.

Hyderabad, November 15: The illegal activities in resorts on city outskirts once again got exposed with Medchal police arresting more than 50 persons, including 19 dancers from Mumbai for indulging in obscene acts. The organisers engaged the dancers to perform obscene dances and customers, who include businessmen and realtors from various parts of the state, were found throwing money on dancers in an inebriated condition.