Month: December 2011

Mumbai, December 06: KAREENA Kapoor reportedly couldn’t hold back her tears while shooting a certain scene for Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine . The Page 3 director recently revealed that the Kapoor lass broke down at the end of a particularly emotional sequence, overwhelmed by the scene’s sheer intensity.

Heroine is a fictional account of the life of a successful actress in Bollywood, and follows the trials and travails faced by her in the journey to success and after.

The depth and complexity of the film’s story were what first drew Kareena to the project.

Bonn, December 05: Delegates from over 100 countries and international organisations, gathered in Germany’s Bonn city Monday, were focusing their energies at an international conference on drawing up a roadmap for the war-torn Afghanistan’s future.

Ten years ago, a similar major conference on Afghanistan was held in the same city, which reshaped the Afghan political framework after the western military forces toppled Taliban regime and Hamid Karzai became the transitional leader of the country and then won the election to become president.

Srinagar, December 06: Jammu and Kashmir’s National Conference (NC) president and union New and Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah Monday said the cinema halls and liquor shops should re-open in the valley to give a fillip to tourism industry in the state.

He was speaking at a function to mark the birth anniversary of the NC founder and former chief minister, Sheikh Abdullah, here.

“What is wrong with cinemas when we watch movies on the television at home?” Farooq Abdullah said.

New Delhi, December 06: Twenty years ago, a childless couple would simply approach a female member of the extended family to bear a baby for them. This “ Indian style” surrogacy, where things stayed in the family, started changing nearly a decade ago and today it has become acceptable for couples to pay a stranger to bear a baby for them.

New Delhi, December 06: Like we mentioned earlier, we will be carrying out recap of 2011 on different subjects, so here is our second post in the series. Its good to take off negative news off the table first, and so here it is – The Top negative news of 2011 that millions of Indians sad and angry!

2011 Mumbai bombing

Chandigarh, December 06: Stealing power or water in Haryana will not be easy for offenders now.

The Haryana government Monday announced that seven police stations have been set up in the state to deal exclusively with cases of irrigation and power departments.

An official spokesman said that the police stations had been set up at Ambala, Karnal, Rohtak, Jind, Rewari, Gurgaon and Faridabad.

These police stations will deal only with cases of power and irrigation departments.

Bonn, December 06: Iran does not want any form of foreign military on the soil of its neighbour Afghanistan after the scheduled pullout in 2014, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said.

“Certain Western countries seek to extend their military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014 by maintaining their military bases there. We deem such an approach contradictory to the efforts toward sustaining stability and security in Afghanistan,” Xinhua quoted Salehi as saying at the ongoing international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn.

Hyderabad, December 06: The Kiran Kumar Reddy Government has survived the No Confidence Motion moved by the Telugu Desam Party.

After marathon discussions of 15 hours and 55 minutes the No Confidence Motion was defeated by 38 votes. While 160 members voted against the motion, 122 MLAs voted in its favour.

After several rounds of discussion, allegations, counter-allegations, passing of remarks and protests, the voting took place at 1 am on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.

Hyderabad, December 06: Pulivendula MLA YS Vijayamma on Monday accused the Congress of targeting the family of an individual who brought the party to power in the State.

In her maiden speech, Vijayamma recalled that her late husband YS Rajasekhara Reddy struggled a lot to bring the Congress party to power. “It is highly painful to vote against the government which was originally formed by YSR,” she said while supporting the No Confidence Motion. She said that her party was forced to take the “tough decision” as the State Government has ignored all the schemes started by YSR.

Hyderabad, December 06: For the fifth consecutive year, the Andhra Pradesh has registered revenue surplus while keeping the fiscal deficit well within the prescribed ceiling.

Hyderabad, December 06: The Telugu Desam Party MLAs on Monday requested Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar for division of the vote on the No Trust Motion.

In a letter submitted to Assembly speaker, the MLAs asked him for ‘division of vote’ instead of a ‘voice vote’. While the Speaker can carry or reject a motion by just hearing ‘Ayes’ or ‘Noes’ from the members under the ‘voice vote’, under the ‘Division’, a headcount would be done to see who was in favour or against the motion.

Hyderabad, December 06: Civil Supplies Minister D Sreedhar Babu on Monday clarified that the State Government was not supplying different stock under the Rs 1-a-kg rice scheme.

Hyderabad, December 06: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday announced that the government was committed to augment the capacities of the National Security Guards in order to effectively contain terrorist activities.

Hyderabad, December 06: Praja Rajyam MLA and supporter of YSR Congress, Shobha Nagi Reddy on Monday condemned the allegation that Telugu Desam and YSR Congress party had a `match fixing’ on the No Confidence Motion introduced against Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy Government in the assembly.

Hyderabad, December 06: Congress MLA Kunja Satyavathi on Monday condemned the attitude and style of functioning of YSR Congress party president Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Satyavathi has returned to the Congress party fold after sailing with the YSR Congress for a few months. Talking to media persons in the assembly lobby, Satyavathi took serious note of suspension of her husband Kunja Dharmana from the post of convenor of Khammam district YSR Congress party.

Hyderabad, December 06: Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy challenged Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu to prove the allegations levelled against her in connection with the mining lease of Obulapuram Mining Corporation, with substantial proof.

Hyderabad, December 06: An Israeli delegation led by Ambassador Alon Ushpiz called upon Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy at the State Police Headquarters here on Monday.

The Israeli delegation exchanged views with the top police officials on various issues including Counter Terrorism, Greyhounds, Intelligence and Octopus. They have also enlisted the cooperation to be made on left-wing extremism, terrorism and other areas.

“Both AP Police Officials and Israeli delegates met and discussed thread bear various issues item wise,” Additional DGP (Law & Order) SA Huda said.

Kabul, December 06: The incident happened in the Choray district of southern Uruzgan Province, 370 kilometers south of the Afghan capital Kabul, on Monday, said Farid Ayal, provincial police spokesma, dpa reported.

“Four children and a woman were killed and six more people including two children, a woman and three men were wounded in the explosion,” he added.

The official blamed Taliban militants for the incident.

The security situation remains fragile in Afghanistan, despite the presence of nearly 150,000 US-led foreign forces.

Hyderabad, December 06: Describing as spineless, the Kiran Kumar-led Congress government in the State, leader of opposition N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday said farmers’ interests were totally ignored and all the promises made in the manifesto were given a go-by, causing hardships to farmers with spiralling costs and decline of support price.

Initiating the debate, Naidu justified his party decision to move no confidence motion, alleging that there was no sincerity on part of the Congress, which has boasted of its pro-farmer governance.

Hyderabad, December 06: The debate on no confidence motion against N Kiran Kumar Reddy government has turned into a slanging match between TDP and TRS with Polavaram tenders being the bone of contention.

Initiating the debate, leader of Opposition, N Chandrababu Naidu launched a scathing attack on the ruling party and said the Polavaram contracts stands testimony of Congress corruption and hinted at the secret understanding TRS had with the government.

Mumbai, December 06: A key witness in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts, whose statements accused three men from the textile town and two Pakistani nationals of involvement in the conspiracy, has informed the National Investigation Agency that he was tortured and forced to make those allegations.

Besides the confessions of seven of the nine men who were arrested in the case and given bail last month, the only other statement that talked about the role of Pakistani nationals was made by this witness, sources told The Indian Express. The NIA is verifying his claims.

Mumbai, December 06: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was labelled as a “failed actress” by a Kashmir Digest editorial on Sunday, December 3rd.

In a Kashmir Digest editorial, titled ‘Justice Katju and Indian Media,’ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was labelled as a “failed actress.” The editorial also alleged that Aishwarya enjoyed all the media attention due to the delivery of her new born.

Ahmedabad, December 06: Two years after he last represented India in ODIs, left-arm swing bowler Irfan Pathan has been recalled for the last two ODI matches against West Indies.

It had been widely speculated that Irfan would be named as Praveen Kumar’s replacement for India’s Test squad for Australia – seeing as he was a like-for-like replacement, and a candidate to fill in for Zaheer Khan in the case of him succumbing to injury – but that role has gone to Karnataka fast bowler Abhimanyu Mithun.

Lahore, December 06: Former Pakistan prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has expressed grief and sorrow over the death of legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand.

In his condolence message, Nawaz Sharif said Dev Anand was not only a popular artiste but was also his friend and he (Nawaz) had a number of memorable meetings with him.

Nawaz Sharif said efforts made by Dev Anand for peace between India and Pakistan were commendable and he had also come to Lahore along with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for this purpose.

Hyderabad, December 05: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday inaugurated a regional hub of the elite anti-terror National Security Guard (NSG) here.

The hub has come up at a cost of Rs.37.96 crore on 22 acres of land at Tirmulghery in Secunderabad, Hyderabad’s twin city.

Speaking on the occasion, Chidambaram said the NSG were being provided modern weapons and the world-class training to thwart terrorist attacks and hijacking of airplanes.