Month: December 2011

Hyderabad, December 9: Body of a 16 year old boy Imran who was missing from Nadeem colony Tolichowki has been recovered from a well.

According to sources on December 6, Syed Imran son of Syed Abu resident of Nadeem colony had gone to see the Baobab tree located in Golconda fort along with his friends and had been missing since then.

Syed Imran was the student of 9th standard. According to police sources he had left his friends saying that he is going to a shopping mall from there. His dead body was recovered from a well at Bovardan Nagar.

Mumbai, December 09: Vidya Balan, who gained 12 kilos for The Dirty Picture, tells us how she piled on and how she intends to lose the excess flab

Director Milan Luthria and producer Ekta Kapoor had asked her to put on some extra weight. Sounding skeptical about adding on the kilos, The Dirty Picture star Vidya Balan had then said, “For the first time in my career, my director (Luthria) and producer (Kapoor) told me to put on weight.

Hyderabad, December 9: Some unidentified persons kidnapped a 2 year old kid from Malakpet. Malakpet police has registered the case of kidnapping of Anirudh and investigations are underway.

According to police sources Anirudh was playing along with his 4 year old brother at Shalivahna Nagar when two unidentified motorcycle borne persons snatched Anirudh and fled away.

The child’s grandmother who was supervising the grand children was stunned to see this.

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Hyderabad, December 9: The excise department has some rules and regulations regarding issuance of licenses for wine shops so to speak but they are only on paper and are rarely implemented while issuing licenses. One among them being that the wine shop should be atleast at a distance of 100 meter from any place of worship be it a mosque, temple or church.

There are two mosques at Chatrinaka crossroads one is Masjid Munshi saheba and the other is Masjid Omer which is at a few feet distance from the former.

Moscow, December 09: Russian light heavyweight boxer Roman Simakov, who collapsed in the ring Monday during a title defence, has died of brain injuries at a hospital, an official said.

The 27-year-old Simakov collapsed a minute into the seventh round after enduring a torrent of punches from Sergei Kovalev. He immediately fell into a coma from which he never emerged, said Igor Maruzov, general secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation.

Maruzov did not say whether anyone would be held accountable over the death, but said a probe had begun.

Jeddah, December 09: Oscar award winner, Indian musician A.R. Rahman is expected to participate in a socio-cultural musical evening at the International Indian School in Jeddah in January, 2012.

India Forum, under the patronage of the Consulate General of India, will organize the event, a press release said Thursday.

Hyderabad, December 9: The last and longest lunar eclipse of the current year will happen on Saturday, December 10, 2011 which can be easily viewed in India and its neighbouring countries. The eclipse will be partially visible in some parts of Europe, Africa, the West Asia, Australia, North America, Green-land and the Indian, Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

The lunar eclipse will start at 5:02 pm according to IST and will end at 11:02 in the night. The moon will set as it becomes progressively immersed in the Earth’s umbral shadow from 7:36 pm to 8:28 pm.

Mumbai, December 09: She’s faltered like any other outsider trying to get a foothold in the cut-throat glamour industry that hardly rolls out the red carpet unless it’s family. But this navy chick wasn’t to be taken lightly. Whether it’s her style quotient or choice of films, with every move that she’s made in the last 10 years, Neha Dhupia has proved that she is here for the long haul.

Hyderabad, December 9: Welcoming the release of 70 lakh rupees by the government, for rehabilitation of Muslim youth wrongly implicated in Makkah Masjid blast, former state minister Mohammad Ali Shabbir today met chief minister. He declared the decision as historical and said that this is the first incident in the history of the country when the government has announced compensation for victims. He said that action should also be taken against police atrocities towards the Muslim youth post Makkah Masjid incident, as recommended by National Minority Commission.

Mumbai, December 09: Pakistani actress Veena Malik has been in news ever since she established her feet in India for all the reasons objectionable by her country. Latest being the controversy of her posing naked for a magazine.

However, she denied going nude and sued the magazine for a whopping 10 crore. But the newest stir is her father making a statement to British media on disowning her and how he wants her to be punished for what she has done!

Mumbai, December 09: If marketing bosses for Yash Raj Films` ‘Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl’ had their way, actor Ranveer Singh, who plays multiple characters in the the movie, would have gone out in different get-ups during the multi-city promotion tour. But the plans were dropped due to the stress he went through while essaying the characters in the film.

The film, which also features Anushka Sharma, portrays Ranveer as a conman.

According to a source, Ranveer was so much into his role that his friends and family often feel he is into an identity crisis.

Hyderabad, December 09: Former Karanataka minister B Sriramulu, who bucked the system to win the Bellary Assembly byelection by massive majority as an Independent candidate last week, visited his mentor Gali Janardhan Reddy at the Chanchalguda central prison here on Thursday. Trailed by a retinue bearing baskets of sweets and fruits for his boss, Sriramulu, Janardhan Reddy’s elder brother Someshwara Reddy, Bellary MP J Shanta, Raichur MP Fakirappa and others met the mining baron in the jail and were closeted with him for nearly an hour.

Hyderabad, December 09: A child playing in a park near his house along with his brother, was abducted by two motorcycle borne persons at Malakpet on Thursday morning.

With the family not receiving any call demanding ransom to release the boy, police suspect that persons having differences with the family might have kidnapped the boy.

Hyderabad, December 9: According to Mr. Mohammad Habeebur Rahman incharge Abid Ali Khan Educational Trust, those institutions who are voluntarily working for the promotion of Urdu language in Hyderabad, Secunderabad, other districts and other states can prepare their students for the three Urdu Exams jointly conducted by Siasat and Abid Ali Khan Educational Trust, by obtaining the books published by Abid Ali Khan Educational Trust free of cost.

Jeddah, December 09: Store owners of women clothing in Makkah are still discussing the directive to hire female workers, while those in Jeddah have already begun hiring Saudi saleswomen. This lagging behind on the part of Makkah’s businessmen is despite their failure to have the Ministry of Labor’s directive postponed.

Some owners of women’s clothes stores and businesswomen met recently at the Makkah Chamber of Commerce to discuss the requirements of the decision.

Nizamabad, December 9: Family disputes have led to the death of a wife. The incident occurred yesterday at Nizamabad district Armoor mandal.

According to the details Firdous Begum, resident of Hitai lane, Nizamabad and her husband Zaheeruddin had shifted to Armoor 10 years ago to earn a living and were staying in a rented house near a mosque at Zirayat nagar.

New Delhi, December 09: Faisal Khan, a Gandhian social activist is on fast, protesting against the “illegal” arrests of Muslim youths in terror cases. Interestingly Khan started his 72 hours fast from his home at Okhla, a Muslim dominated Delhi suburb.

Hyderabad, December 09: Cabinet expansion and action against 16 ruling Congress MLAs who had voted against his government in no-trust motion are expected to be on the agenda of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s talks in New Delhi on Friday with party chief Sonia Gandhi and other leaders.

The Chief Minister is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, a few Union Ministers and AICC general secretary in charge of Andhra affairs, Ghulam Nabi Azad, according to reports.

Mumbai, December 09: Mumbai: Social networking sites went into a tizzy Thursday evening with the news of Jackie Shroff admitting to a website that he is homosexual.

The website stated that the actor had reportedly confessed that he is gay and that he prefers men and it’s a natural feeling.

According to the website, the actor had a candid chat with some journalists at a suburban hotel where he talked about his sexual preference.

Hyderabad, December 09: An advocate has moved a special court here seeking a direction to the CBI to probe the role of six ministers and eight senior IAS officers in connection with the assets case against MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

Nellore-based advocate P Sudhakar Reddy filed a private petition in the special court for CBI cases here urging it to direct the agency to bring under their purview of probe six ministers and eight senior IAS officers, working under Jagan’s father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy when he was the chief minister of the state.

Hyderabad, December 09: Three city hospitals, which were recently caught violating environmental norms agreed to provide a bank guarantee of Rs 10 lakh and give a written undertaking to the effect that they would clean the mess within a week.

The managements of the three hospitals came up with this assurance at a legal hearing, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board officials said.

Hyderabad, December 09: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation presented five awards to the best Residential Welfare Associations, one in each zone, for proper maintenance and cleanliness measures.

Outgoing mayor Banda Karthika Reddy and GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu praised the participation of the resident associations in curbing ban on plastic and involving in maintaining sanitation, greenery in parks. Karthika Reddy further stated that nearly 1,300 colonies will participate in improving the city in the near future.

Riyadh, December 09: The family of an Australian man, convicted of blasphemy by a Saudi Arabian court, wonders what it is he could have said that earned him a sentence of 500 lashes and a year in prison.

Mansor Almaribe’s son said the pair only had a 90-second phone conversation since his arrest last month.

“He could not speak freely because authorities were around him but he said the charges are very stupid and all he said was that they had charged him for something he had not done,” his son, Issam, said.

Kolkata,December 09:About 55 people were killed in a massive fire that broke out at the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata early Friday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said.

“Quick action will be taken against the hospital after proper inquiry,” she added.

According to hospital sources, death toll may rise in the hospital fire incident in Kolkata. Nearly 160 patients were admitted in the Dhakuria building, where fire broke out in the wee hours.

Hyderabad, December 9: Old Eik Khana mosque can be clearly seen from a distance of 54 kilometer away from Charminar, at Karkil Mountain, Sri Sailam road, Kalwakurthy. But one man said that the mosque is in his land hence he cannot allow to offer prayers.

The village has 10 Muslim houses. The mosque is badly needed since the Muslims residing here go to Amangal to offer prayers which is 8 kilometer away. It is being vainly tried to hide the mosque with the bushes.

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