Arkansas, November 10: Mom Michelle Duggar proudly announced to the world yesterday she’s expecting but her 19 other children got to hear the news first.
Duggar (45), and her husband Jim Bob have more experience than most in new arrivals, but they said they were surprised by the latest.
“I was not thinking that God would give us another one, and we are just so grateful,” said Duggar, star of a reality show called 19 kids and counting.
Bhopal, November 10 (Pervez Bari): The Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that officers should have a pragmatic approach and instead of trying to paint a rosy picture should make a realistic assessment of things.
Hyderabad, November 10: Maulana Azad National Urdu University is organizing 4 day Azad day celebrations to pay tribute to the eminent freedom fighter & first education minister of Independent India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
MANUU is named after this legendary statesman only. 4 day celebrations will start on 11th Nov.2011, the birth anniversary of Maulana Azad. Government of India has declared this as National Education Day.
Ihsa, November 10: A Saudi man waited for construction workers to leave a mosque project site at night, entered the building and stole nearly SR40,000 ($10,800) worth of power cables, a newspaper in the Gulf kingdom reported on Thursday.
A resident who happened to be passing in the area saw the thief leaving the site in the eastern province of Ihsa, the Arabic language daily ‘Alihsa’ said.
“He provided police with the man’s descriptions…a few hours later the thief was arrested,” the paper said.
Courtesy: Emirates 24/7
Karachi, November 10: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is ready to put the controversies surrounding his temporary retirement behind him and is focussed on solely playing the game.
Afridi who has always been in the news announced his ‘conditional’ retirement from international cricket in May, after being stripped of the ODI captaincy, saying he would return only if there were changes in the PCB and the team management.
“Whatever has happened, it is time to play cricket,” said Afridi.
Mumbai, November 10: Vidya Balan, who is on a professional high, rubbishes the porn tag to her latest flick. Even when she does admit ‘The Dirty picture’ may not be advisable for children, there is no harm for the family to watch it together, she defends.
The movie highlights the seventies. The actor, who claims to have put on 30 kilos for the role, says “actresses need not look like a chess board. One can look sexy and sensuous being voluptious.”
Islamabad, November 10: Ajmal Kasab is a terrorist, a non-state actor and he should be sent to gallows, said Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik in a meeting on the sidelines of the 17th SAARC summit in the Maldives today.
The proposed visit of Pakistan’s judicial commission to India and its report can help in prosecuting the 26/11 accused, Malik said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today met his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani to give a push to normalisation of bilateral relations marked by “shrinking” trust deficit.
Ahmedabad, November 10: A special court here on Wednesday sentenced 31 persons to life imprisonment and fined them Rs.50,000 each for burning 33 Muslims alive at Sardarpura in Mehsana district during the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.
Special court judge S.C. Srivastava, who is the Principal District and Sessions Judge of Mehsana, however, acquitted 42 other accused, 11 of them for lack of evidence and the remaining 31 got the benefit of the doubt. The 31 accused have been asked to submit a solvency bond of Rs.25,000 each and not to leave the country without the court’s permission.
Kolkata, November 10: Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday said that they supported the anti-corruption movement launched by social activist Anna Hazare.
“We support Anna. Many of our workers have joined his movement. We haven’t asked them to support neither have we stopped them,” Bhagwat said in Kolkata on Wednesday.
He said that the RSS has been trying to create good people who can lead a corruption-free life.
“If asked to, we will participate in the movement, but no request has come from Anna,” he said.
Mumbai, November 10: Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant has said that the Indian audience is not going to accept Pakistani actress Veena Malik as their bahu.In an interview to Times of India, Rakhi said: “I protest against the choice of celebrity! Arre Indian celebrities ko lena chahiye tha! I don’t think Indian parents will accept Veena Malik as their bahu. After all, she’s a Pakistani national!
“I could understand if this show was happening in Pakistan! I am really sure that Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena will not allow a Pakistani star to have such a marriage in India!”
Maldives, November 10: Amid talks of the shrinking ‘trust deficit’ between the two countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani on the sidelines of the SAARC summit here on Thursday.
The two Prime Ministers met in a beach cottage in Shangrilla resort along the Indian Ocean and reviewed progress in bilateral ties against the backdrop of some positive developments witnessed lately.
Lucknow, November 10: In a tragic incident, distribution of ‘qurbani meat’ led to the murder of a youth in Hathras nearly 300 kms from Lucknow on the Bakrid day.
Agitated over the murder, the kins of the deceased torched the house and shop of the accused while also fought with police when it reached the spot to diffuse the situation.
Jerusalem, November 10: The world must act to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday after the release of a key report by the UN’s atomic watchdog.
“The significance of the report is that the international community must bring about the cessation of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons which endangers the peace of the world and of the Middle East,” he said in a statement issued by his office.
Hyderabad, November 10: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Wednesday requested the Centre to exempt Andhra Pradesh from the proposed National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for the next two years.
The Chief Minister has already written a letter to Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad seeking exemption. He also directed the Special Chief Secretary – Health G Sudhir to pursue the matter with the Centre and get the exemption.
Ankara, November 10: An earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least three people and leaving dozens trapped in the rubble of toppled buildings damaged in the previous temblor, which had killed 600 people.
About 20 buildings collapsed in the provincial capital of Van following a 5.7-magnitude quake, according to media reports.
In a grim replay of scenes from last month’s quake in the same region, men climbed onto piles of debris and frantically clawed at twisted steel and crumbled concrete in an attempt to find survivors.
Washington, November 10: US President Barack Obama would meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Bali on November 18 on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, a top presidential aide said on Wednesday.
Meeting for the first time in about an year, the two leaders are expected to review the progress of the bi-lateral ties since Obama’s visit to India last November; besides discussing a wide range of issues including Afghanistan, economic ties and security relationship, the official said.
Beijing, November 10: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told a gathering of Chinese business executives that his state was very different from the rest of India, Times of India reports.
“Gujarat represents a very different model of growth,” he said and added that the State’s growth was both futuristic and sustainable in social and environmental terms.
With global businesses focusing on “transaction costs” that rely on conditions like stability and good governance, Gujarat offers one of the best locations in the world for investments, he said.
Dubai, November 10: Dubai Police’s Ports Police Station (PPS) has taken written undertakings from those found inappropriately dressed on Dubai’s beaches, that they will not repeat the offence in future, according to Lt. Colonel Abdullah Al Maziod, Director of PPS.
Lt. Colonel Maziod says people who are over-dressed, as well as those swimming in underwear that is as good as transparent, are both considered inappropriate.
New Delhi, November 10: The Supreme Court will hear the plea of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, challenging the legality of the proceedings initiated against him in Jamnagar custodial torture case of 1990, on November 18.
Jeddah, November 10: Saudi Arabia’s religious police arrested an Egyptian man claiming to have exorcism and spiritual healing powers for molesting many women by telling them he can rid their bodies of the devil through their sexual organs.
In court, he blamed the devil for his acts.
Wearing a religious gown and turban, the bearded man had used his house in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah to meet scores of women under the illusion that their bodies could be haunted by jinn (ghosts) and they could be the cause of their physical and psychological problems.
Sardarpura, November 10: It’s 10 years since he saw his parents and 10 others being burnt and electrocuted in front of him in Sardarpura, but the horror hasn’t left Gulam Ali Akbar Sheikh. Like the other victims, he migrated from his native village to Satnagar in Mehsana district following the massacre, but the fear has stayed with him.
Tehran, November 10: Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the UN atomic agency is staking its credibility on absurd US claims, vowing that the Iranian nation will not retreat even “one iota.”
Addressing crowds of people in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province on Wednesday, Ahmadinejad said the enemies of Iran have gained nothing from their years of animosity with Iran.
“Have you achieved anything but misery and disgrace for you to want to continue such measures?”
Washington, November 10: US President Barack Obama would meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Bali on November 18 on the sidelines of the East Asia summit, a top presidential aide said on Wednesday.
Meeting for the first time in about a year, the two leaders are expected to review the progress of the bi-lateral ties since Obama’s visit to India last November; besides discussing a wide range of issues including Afghanistan, economic ties and security relationship, the official said.
Tehran, November 10: An Iranian lawmaker says the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear case has been dictated by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Member of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash told IRNA on Wednesday that the latest IAEA report proved that the nuclear agency has no authority to act on its own and only serves US and Israeli interests.
Hyderabad, November 10: Salauddin Ayub Khan, former director of Parkwood International School at Manneguda in Vikarabad, an accused in the rape case of 13-year-old student of his school, on Wednesday surrendered before the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
The court has remanded him to judciail till November 16. Following the directions of court, the police shifted Salauddin Ayub Khan to Chanchalguda Jail. The Supreme Court has recently cancelled his bail and asked him to surrender before the police within a week.