Month: December 2011

Mumbai, December 05: Several Dev Anand fans have been posting “Rest In Peace” messages on social networking sites ever since the news of his demise was flashed. But celebrities like Shobhaa De and Boman Irani feel it is inappropriate to think a man with his kind of spirit will really rest even in heaven.

“Can hear Dev Anand crooning ‘Gaata rahe mera dil’ to a 16-year-old apsara in heaven. Great location, Dev saab. Get ready for yet another close up!” novelist and columnist De posted on Twitter.

Dev Anand died in London early Sunday following cardiac arrest. He was 88.

Kuwait City, December 05: Kuwaiti fire fighters battling to put out a blaze that destroyed a car in the oil-rich Gulf emirate stared in disbelief at the end of their task—the car and its contents were charred except a copy of the Quran.

Fire fighters had rushed to Shuwaikh industrial area in the OPEC oil producer after receiving a report about the car blaze.

“After they extinguished the fire, the vehicle and its contents were all destroyed and charred…but the fire fighters and police were shocked when they found a copy of the Quran intact,” Alanba newspaper said.

Shadnagar, December 5: Maulana Mufti Mohammad Qasim Taskheer, naeb mufti Jamia Nizamia stressed the need to live lives in the light of Quran and Hadeeth. He advised Muslims to make Nikah easy so that people should not even think of fornication. He urged Muslims to perform Nikah in the manner performed by Prophets and their Companions.

Mumbai, December 06: Dilip Kumar is older, Raj Kapoor was younger, ageless between the two stood Dev Anand as an imperial part of The Trinity. The secret of Dev’s perennial youth — a mindscape that moved on and on. Imagine, at 88, our predominant recall of the man is that he just moved on.

“Super Singing Star Suraiya’s finally saying ‘no’ to me. Even if it is a reluctant ‘no’, it came as a blow to my male ego at that beginner stage in my career,” Dev confided in me, “But I soon moved on.”

Heartthrob

Islamabad, December 05: Veena Malik’s nude picture has leaded her to join Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. As “she had declared her assets” — a key condition Imran has set for those who was to join his political party.

People are cracking jokes of Veena’s photographs focusing on how she had ‘shown’ her assets as per Imran Khan doctrine went viral. “Since you have declared all your assets in accordance with Imran Khan’s demand, you should immediately join his Tehrik-e-Insaaf”, suggested one Mehtab Ahmed to Veena on face book.

Islamabad, December 05: Veena Malik’s nude picture has leaded her to join Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. As “she had declared her assets” — a key condition Imran has set for those who was to join his political party.

People are cracking jokes of Veena’s photographs focusing on how she had ‘shown’ her assets as per Imran Khan doctrine went viral. “Since you have declared all your assets in accordance with Imran Khan’s demand, you should immediately join his Tehrik-e-Insaaf”, suggested one Mehtab Ahmed to Veena on face book.

Hyderabad, December 05: The debate on the no-confidence motion in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Monday witnessed an acrimonious verbal duel between Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu who said the government has become a “big joke” in the public.

Naidu initiated the debate on the no-trust motion, moved by his Telugu Desam Party (TDP), and started listing out the “failures” of the Congress government on all fronts.

Dubai, December 05: Two Chinese saleswomen allegedly posted pictures of naked women on a website and their mobile numbers for the purpose of soliciting customers for sex, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

KKT, 46, and SNJ, 36, are also accused of practicing prostitution.

Chief Prosecutor Khaled Salem Al Alawi, asked the court to impose stiffest penalty against them.

Seargant Issa Ibrahim, testified that an employee of the Police online department was carrying out an e-patrol he found mobile numbers from Dubai mentioned on different pornograhic websites.

Mumbai, December 05: Basking in the glow of the success of Hare Rama Hare Krishna in 1971, Dev Anand, the ever-romantic hero, soon realised that he was in love with the film’s leading lady and his discovery Zeenat Aman.

Describing his feelings for Zeenat, Dev Anand wrote in his autobiography, Romancing With Life that he enjoyed it when newspapers and magazines started linking them together romantically after the film’s success.

Hyderabad, December 5: West zone team of Central Crime Station police arrested a gang involved in bus theft in the twin cities and seized items worth 6 lakh from their possession. It is said that 60 year old Nirmala resident of Mangore village with the help of her friend 35 year old Syed Anwar who is an auto driver by occupation, was carrying out theft crimes.

According to details the arrested woman is the sister of dangerous criminal Naga Raju who were carrying out the crimes with the help of other sisters Lakshmi, Sridevi and brother in law Syed Anwar.

Mumbai, December 05: Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik sought guidance from her mentor Mahesh Bhatt to handle the alleged “nude photo shoot” controversy that has taken her nation by storm.

Bhatt asked her to slap a legal notice to the “so-called” offenders who have maligned her image by showing her nude on the cover of their magazine, FHM. Veena has sent a legal notice to Maxposure Corporate Media (India) Private Limited, Chief Editor, FHM Magazine Kabeer Sharma and photographer Vishal Saxena.

Riyadh, December 05: Saudi Arabia’s feared religion police smashed a prostitution ring in the Gulf Kingdom’s second largest city, involving at least 20 airline stewardesses of Arab nationality, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice had watched the ring for more than four months in a bid to trap its leader, who was also caught with the other members, the Arabic language daily Sabq said in a report from the western Red Sea port of Jeddah.

Mumbai, December 05: We are sure everyone loved to see Salman Khan singing `Heeriye Sehra Baandhke Main Toh Aaaya Re` for Priyanka Chopra in `Salaam-e-Ishq` and asking her if she would marry him in `Mujhse Shaadi Karogi`.

The duo set the temperature soaring with their sizzling hot chemistry but hasn’t worked with each other for long since. Gossipmongers blame it on Priyanka’s proximity with Salman’s arch rival Shah Rukh Khan.

However, fans of this on screen jodi might just get to see a dekko of Salman and Priyanka at an awards function.

Hyderabad, December 05: Three corporate hospitals in the city, KIMS Hospitals at Minister Road, Care Hospitals at Banjara Hills and Medwin Hospitals at Nampally, were found to be violating bio-medical waste management rules under the Environment Protection Act 1986 during surprise inspections conducted by two teams of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) headed by Madhusudhan Rao and Raghu.

Mumbai, December 05: There is good news for Mallika Sherawat’s fans! The sexy siren has finally decided to get over her Hollywood obsession and move back to B-town.

According to sources she wants to give her careeer in Bollywood another chance with Sanjay Khanduri`s `Kismat, Love, Paisa, Dilli ` (KLPD) which she signed recently. The film was earlier called `Gyarah Chalis Ki Last Metro` but now the name has been changed to a funnier one, if you go by the acronym!

Mumbai, December 05: The hyper energetic and loquacious Ranveer Singh is back in action with `Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl` which is slated to release this Friday.

He is paired opposite his former girlfriend Anushka Sharma.
Recently when he made an appearance at an event, media balled questions at him one after the other on his equation with Anushka.

Hyderabad, December 5: The Qutub Shahi and Asaf Jahi rulers, in order to provide every facility to he citizens, built reservoirs, educational institutions, hospitals and other buildings and also made gunfoundries to make strong cannons.

One of the signs of these which is still present is gunfoundary. It was built in 1786 by Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan Bahadur Asaf Jah II. This was prepared under the supervision of a French general named General Michel Joachin Raymond. Cannons of Public Garden, Gun Park and Chaumohalla palace were made with the help of this gunfoundary.

Raipur, December 05: India’s tigers appear to be fighting a losing battle. In a shocker from Chhattisgarh, the probe into the killing of a tigress in Bhoramdeo sanctuary has ended at the doorstep of someone who was supposed to save her, a forest guard.

As per reports, Monday, 48-year-old Veer Singh, who was employed as a forest guard in the sanctuary in Kawardha district killed the full grown tigress to extricate certain body parts which he believes would have helped him increase his sexual power.

Hyderabad, December 05: Two members, including a 60 year old woman of a gang of bag lifters were arrested by police on Sunday. The gang members travel in city buses and steal valuables from bags of passengers.According to deputy commissioner of police, detective department J Satyanarayana, the gang is led by Nagaraju of Afzalsagar and his gang comprises of family members including women.

Hyderabad, December 05: Opposition leader N Chandrababu Naidu spent the whole Sunday preparing for the debate on notrust motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government scheduled for Monday.

After spending only one hour in his chambers in the Assembly, the TDP chief went home. Sources said Naidu was busy preparing his speech and compiling the backup information to prove that the Congress government had neglected the welfare of farmers in the state.

Hyderabad, December 05: As many as 960 commercial buildings mostly corporate hospitals, five-star hotels, function halls and shopping complexes, have been found to be evading, if not altogether at least in part, payment of property tax to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

They were found to be evading payment of up to `24 crore. GHMC Commissioner M T Krishna Babu issued directions to 18 senior officials comprising zonal commissioners, additional commissioners, joint commissioners, a chief valuation officer and others, to assess the 960 buildings assigned to them.

Jeddah, December 5: Urdu academy Jeddah has done a very good job by providing a valuable treasure of information by conducting quiz on Maulana Azad. These views were expressed by Council general of India Mr. Faiz Ahmed Khidwai during 11th National education day organized by Urdu academy Jeddah in memory of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad which was held on November 25 at Indian Consulate Jeddah instead of November 11 because of Hajj engagements.

Council General attended the function as chief guest.

Hyderabad, December 05: The litmus test is just two days away. All those who had pledged their loyalty to YS Jagan Mohan Reddy would have an opportunity to prove it to their leader and vote in favour of the no-confidence motion in the Assembly, initiated by TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu.

To keep his flock of MLAS together, Jagan Mohan Reddy gave a break to his Odarpu Yatra in Guntur district and came back to Hyderabad on Friday night and took stock of the situation after the TDP served a notice of no confidence over farmers’ issues.

Baghdad, December 05: It’s one of the defining images of the Iraq War, the capture of Saddam Hussein by US forces on Dec. 13, 2003.

In the years since, it’s floated around the Web, but unless you’ve gone looking for it, you’ve probably seen the most circulated version, in which the face of the US serviceman holding a freshly excavated Saddam Hussein is blurred.

So, just who is he?

Dubai, December 05: KK, 38, an Indian, allegedly blackmailed RF, a South African, as regards publishing intimate pictures of him and his wife for a ransom of Dh200,000, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

The accused is also accused of stealing the images from the computer of the victim.

BBK, 29, another Indian is accused of criminal complicity in the case.

The victim RF, 32, service coordinator testified that on July 14, at around 9am, KK came to his house and had dinner with him and then asked if he could use his computer.