Dubai, December 11: Dubai Police have warned that negligent parents leading their children to danger could be jailed for upto three years, as per the UAE law.
UAE has witnessed repeated accidents involving children during recent months, many resulting in deaths. At least six children have died after accidentally falling from the balcony of high-rise buildings in 2011 alone.
New Delhi, December 11: Bollywood actress Kajol, a mother of two, says education is the prime need of the society, and that every child must be educated to bring about positive change.
The 37-year-old, who is the international goodwill ambassador of Britain-based Loomba Foundation, which supports the cause of educating children of poor widows in India, was here Saturday to attend the annual charity dinner of the organisation.
Kolkata, December 10: After six directors of the AMRI Hospital were sent to the police custody till December 20 by a Kolkata court, the West Bengal government on Saturday remained non-committal on whether a fresh licence would be issued to the hospital management to resume operations in its annexe-I building where 88 persons choked to death in a fire on Friday.
Earlier, Kolkata Police had put the death toll at 91, but later confirmed that three names were listed twice in the police records.
New Delhi, December 10: The news of Jackie Shroff being a gay spread like wildfire so much so that the actor had to actually come out and clarify the issue. The actor has rubbished the reports of him being a gay.
Jackie Shroff has expressed his anger over the matter and has talked to The Times of India about the issue. He said,”Bhidu, I’m not gay! Kaam dhanda nahin hai logon ko… kalyug jhelo (People have no work… it’s the times we live in)!”
Panaji, December 10: Stating that India has competition only from China in becoming an economic superpower, Swami Ramdev said here today that every patriotic Indian should stop using China-made products.
“The countries like America and Russia are losing their economic prosperity due to increasing debt. Japan is a small nation to be a super power. India has competition to become economic superpower only from China, which is also progressing rapidly,” he stated.
Vadodara, December 10 : A BJP rebel in Gujarat is planning to invite anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare to launch a state-wide campaign against the Narendra Modi government.
Former BJP Minister Nalin Bhatt, who has quit the party, said, “we are planning to invite Hazare to Gujarat to launch a crusade against the rampant corruption in the state.”
Bhatt also criticised Modi’s planned Sadbhavna fast in the city on December 15.
–PTI
Gandhinagar, December 10A trade delegation from Pakistan on Friday invited Chief Minister Narendra Modi to visit Karachi and address businessmen there through videoconferencing on the “Gujarat model of development.”
New Delhi, December 10: Both gold and silver recovered on the bullion market here Saturday on fresh buying by stockists and jewellers to meet the marriage season demand.
While gold gained Rs 20 to reach Rs 29,330 per 10 grams, silver moved up by Rs 650 to Rs 56,150 per kg.
Traders said fresh buying by stockists and jewellers for the ongoing marriage season mainly led to the recovery in both the precious metals.
Bhopal, December 10: The demand to provide reservation to Dalit Muslims on the lines of Dalits is against the basic principles of Islam, a Muslim organisation said on Saturday.
All-India Muslim Backward Classes Federation (AIMBCF), in a statement here, said reservation was given to Dalits on the account of oppression suffered by the community in the past.
AIMBCF president Ibrahim Qureshi said there was no way in which ‘Dalit Muslims’ can be equated with their counterparts in the Hindu community.
Islamabad, December 10: Three of Osama bin Laden’s widows, who were captured following the US raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader, are soon expected to leave Pakistan after seven months in custody, according to a media report.
The three women- two Saudis and one Yemeni- were picked up by Pakistani security officials early on the morning of May 2 in Abbottabad, just minutes after US Navy SEALs killed bin Laden in the compound where he was believed to be living for six years.
Oslo, December 10: Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen have received the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, her compatriot Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen collected their Nobel diplomas and medals to applause at Oslo’s City Hall.
Prize committee Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said the three women represent the struggle for “human rights in general and of women for equality and peace in particular.”
–Agencies
London, December 10: Dev Anand, who ruled the hearts of millions of film enthusiasts for over six decades, was today bid a tearful adieu as his mortal remains were consigned to flames amid the tunes of some of his most memorable songs `Abhi Na Jao Chor ke` and `Gata Rahe Mera Dil`.
The funeral ceremony was joined in by a large number of people, including his family and close friends like Lord Meghnad Desai and Sahara chief Subroto Roy, as his last rites were held according to Hindu tradition at the Putney Vale Crematorium here.
Hyderabad, December 10: Seeking to send a strong signal, Congress on Saturday decided to seek disqualification of 16 party MLAs in Andhra Pradesh who sided with YS Jaganmohan Reddy and voted against the party government in the Assembly, defying the whip.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was summoned here by the High Command, made the announcement after his meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and general secretary in-charge of the state Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Hyderabad, December 10: Director Prof. G Ram Reddy centre for distance education has informed that the last date for payment of fees without fine for all UG, PG, PG diploma, MCA and MBA courses has been extended till December 17.
The last date with fine of Rs 250 is December 31.
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Hyderabad, December 10: A gas cylinder burst due to the negligence of Indian gas worker attached to Shantinagar branch and left a woman and two children scorched.
According to details a worker attached to Indian gas Santoshnagar gave wrong connection in the house of the said lady customer due to which the cylinder burst. The woman and 2 children suffered severe burn injuries.
Hyderabad, December 10: Police has unraveled the kidnap case of a toddler at Malakpet. City police commissioner A K Khan handed over the abducted child Anirudh to his mother during a press conference and produced the kidnapper before the media.
The child had been kidnapped while he was playing near his house under the supervision of his grandmother.
The accused Raju had been searching for an infant so that he can handover him to his sister to save her married life and her husband may not divorce her.
Hyderabad, December 10: Former state minister Mr. Mohammad Ali Shabbir has no right to welcome government’s announcement of compensation to wrongly held Muslim youth. If he wants to welcome the package he should first render an unconditional apology to the victims and their families. Maulana Tariq Quadri advocate former member Andhra Pradesh Minority Commission in a statement told this.
He said Mr. Mohammad Ali Shabbir despite being in the cabinet was obstructing the proceedings of the commission when the commission had started investigations to prove Muslim youth as innocent.
Hyderabad, December 10: It’s exactly two years since the Union home minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, made the statement on Telan-gana that led to renewed hopes that the state would be formed.
Many agitations followed, and the most violent and frequent strikes were those spearheaded by students of Osmania University.
The OU campus became the centre of T-agitation, and the university resembled a war zone at that time, and classes and examinations were constantly disrupted.
Hyderabad, December 10: CCS sleuths filed a chargesheet against the accused in the alleged murder of Dr S. Kiran Reddy, Union minister S. Jaipal Reddy’s niece.
The chargesheet was filed in the Nampally criminal court against Kiran’s husband S. Chaitanya Reddy, his parents and brother.
The CCS said that Kiran was smothered to death by Chaitanya Reddy in their house after they came home from the party on June 17. After the post mortem report concluded it as case of asphyxia death due to smothering, police arrested Chaitanya Reddy on June 21.
New Delhi, December 10: There was a time when women-centric films were bound by the ‘parallel cinema’ tag. But now they seem to be treading a successful path as commercial cinema, a point proven by the huge reception to Ekta Kapoor’s “The Dirty Picture”, which saw Vidya Balan carrying the entire film, boldly, on her shoulders.
New Delhi, December 10: The stork has come calling in B Town again! This time it is Shilpa Shetty.
Shilpa has confirmed she is pregnant with her first child with businessman husband, Raj Kundra.
“Tweetos, ‘YES’ an addition to our family is our confirmation to all queries :)We seek blessings from all in this very beautiful phase of our lives,” Shilpa made the announcement on Twitter.
The 36-year-old actress-turned-businesswoman, who became a popular face in Bollywood with films like “Main Khiladi Tu Anari”, “Baazigar”, “Dhadkan” and “Life…In A Metro”, married Kundra in 2009.
London, December 10: Veena Malik, has claimed that the stress caused by the FHM India scandal aged her by almost ten years.
The Pakistani model, is suing the publishers of the magazine for doctoring her photograph and making it appear nude for their latest edition.
However, the Bigg Boss 4 contestant recently revealed that since she filed her lawsuit, she has been threatened with character defamation if she did not drop the charges.
Mumbai, December 10: The Chase Continues readies for release, director Farhan Akhtar admits he’s ready to move away from action. Now, he will experiment with other genres.
“I need a break from action films. I have to think about other genres of storytelling too. And as a director, it’s also my
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Stockhome, December 10: Donna Eljammal (26) is Sweden’s first police cadet with a headscarf, Metro Se reported.
She had wanted to join the police long before she started wearing a hijab.
“Ever since I was little. I want to help others and move instead of just sitting in front of a computer.”
A few years ago it became possible to wear a headscarf as part of the police uniform, after some debate.
Hyderabad, December 10: Congress Rajya Sabha member Mr. M A Khan yesterday called on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in the parliament and urged him to review effective implementation of prime ministers 15 point programme by convening a meeting of Union ministry of minority affairs besides minority ministers of the states and chief secretary.
He demanded necessary measures to include Hyderabad and Kurnool in the list of Muslim predominated districts.