In view of the recent communal violence in Sangareddy in neighbouring Medak district and the prevailing uneasy calm in the Old City, police are likely to deny VHP leader Praveen Togadia permission to participate in the Hanuman Jayanthi rally on April 6.
First of all, one should know what KKC is. Do not mix up with the yummy KFC. KKC, actually, means Kutti Kameeni Cheez, the Delhite’s lingo for one who is a hustler, a womanizer, a two-timing you-know-what, rolled into one.
Emraan Hashmi is in the Sonu Dilli KKC teaser campaign for his upcoming film Jannat 2.
Produced by Fox Star Studios and Vishesh Films, that stars Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta and Randeep Hooda, the film has been directed by Kunal Deshmukh.
Emraan plays the role of an arms dealer called Sonu Dili KKC.
Amid a crucial review of Pak-US ties by Pakistani lawmakers, the US on Tuesday expressed the hope that Islamabad would soon open the crucial supply NATO route to Afghanistan.
“With respect to the ground supply routes into Afghanistan, we remain hopeful that those routes will be reopened in the near future, and discussions with the Pakistanis continue on a range of issues,” Pentagon press secretary George Little said.
The supply routes were closed last November after Pakistani soldiers were killed in a NATO cross border fire.
A Russian woman has been found guilty of killing her newborn baby and keeping its body for five years in a freezer.
A court in Arkhangelsk in northern Russia established that 37-year-old Lyudmila Smirnova gave birth to a baby girl at her home in January 2007 and then proceeded to smother it with a cloth.
She then put the body into deepfreeze, keeping it there until Dec 29, 2011, when it was pulled out by her male companion, who thought it was meat.
Smirnova admitted her guilt.
At least 15 persons,many of them mobile fruit vendors, were injured, four of them seriously, when a speeding car ran over them at Kothapet fruit market area near Dilsukhnagar here early today. Police said a software company employee at Gachibowli, who was returning home in his car after work,lost control of his vehicle and ran over them, at the busy fruit market junction when the mishap occured. The injured were shifted to the local government hospital. A case of rash and negligent driving was registered against the IT company employee.
Muslim organisations today joined the ongoing protest for pollution-free Ganga in this temple city of Uttar Pradesh. Shahi Imam Maulana Abdul said God created water before human being. Thus, water should be protected by all as a primary responsibility. Yesterday, the BJP had joined the agitation for clean Ganga. UP BJP president Surya Pratap Sahi sat on a fast along with party workers in support of agitating Krishna Priyanand at Shankaracharya ghat, demanding formation of law on cleanliness of the rivers.
With the Pradesh Congress Committee presidents in at least eight states yet to be appointed, All India Congress Committee general secretaries and other office-bearers in line to be changed, Congress chief ministers in the firing range with party MLAs wanting a change, a large number of gubernatorial appointments yet to be made and a reshuffle of the council of ministers on the cards, Congress president Sonia Gandhi appears to be in no hurry to enforce the required changes with agitated party men now openly criticising the status quo approach of the party leadership.
Former Union Minister and Senior Congress Leader C K Jaffer Sharief today demanded judicial inquiry into allegations of his involvement in encroachment of wakf property in Karnataka. Wakf Commission Chairman Anwar Manpady, in a report, had alleged more than Rs two lakh crore worth Wakf property had been encroached upon by VIPs, politicians, MNCs and educational institutions. Mr Sharief said the report appeared to be not on detailed enquiry and true facts.
In a rare case, a fiancee was raped and murdered by her own lover at Kalghatagi, about 30 km from here. Police said the accused Basavaraj alias Ishwarappa Bagewadi had thrown the body into a ditch before fleeing from the scene. Basavaraj was in love with Preeti Venkat Sing since a very long time. One day he allegedly persuaded her to travel along with him to Mangalore and Calicut in Kerala. As he reached a nearby village Devikoppa in Kalghatagi taluka he raped and strangulated her to death in a field. He threw her body in a ditch and escaped, the police said.
Musharraf, a Pakistani camel who was caught smuggling RDX into Indian territory from Pakistan some 13 years ago, died at police headquarters here this morning. The 40-year-old animal died a natural death, the police said. The camel Musharraf, who was caught when he sneaked into country with RDX in 1998, had been in custody of Kutch police here. Three smugglers, who were with the animal at that time, had managed to flee. According to the police, the camel was a trained animal and he could hide himself when unknown persons try to go near him.
Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who has been named among the world’s five most wanted terrorists by the US, has re-emerged as a key player in Pakistan’s jihadi politics after a brief setback in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Though Saeed was briefly placed under house arrest after the Mumbai incident, largely due to pressure from the West and the UN Security Council, the 61-year-old militant ideologue staged a powerful comeback last year by uniting over 40 hardline and extremist groups under the umbrella of the Defa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC).
Yemeni government forces regained control of a strategic gateway in the south today after intense three-day shelling of al-Qaeda hideouts in the area that left 43 militants dead, military and medical officials said.
The military had stepped up attacks and airstrikes against al-Qaeda in the mountainous area of al-Rahha in the southern province of Lahj, a strategically important region that links the south with Yemen’s northern cities.
The offensive followed two surprise attacks by militants on Yemeni army bases in the area.
An 80-year-old woman was able to successfully land a twin-engine airplane in north eastern Wisconsin after her husband became unconscious at the controls and died.
Door County Sheriff Terry Vogel says the dispatch centre was told just after 5 pm Monday that a Cessna about 6 miles south of Sturgeon Bay had declared an emergency.
The pilot, an 81-year-old man from the Sturgeon Bay area, had suffered a medical emergency and was unconscious. His wife, who was the passenger, was flying the plane.
Bollywood star Salman Khan entertained the Chennai audience with his desi moves on some of the popular dance numbers at the opening ceremony of the fifth season of Indian Premier League (IPL) here Tuesday.
Donning red pants, white t-shirt, accompanied by a “Being Human” jacket, the actor entered the venue riding on a truck and started off his performance by shaking a leg on “Character dheela hai”, followed by a remix version of “Teri meri”.
Service tax plays an important role in living standard and is directly or indirectly linked with the life of a person.
While, this time a rise of 2 percent in the service tax will affect the Household budgets for 2012-13. As per the updates this service tax will came into effect from Sunday i.e. 1st April, 2012.
This increase will affect:
1) Mobile bills
2) Food
3) Shopping
4) Traveling
5) Coaching classes
6) Advertisements
7) Health clubs
8) Dry cleaning
9) Beauty parlour
10)Life insurance
Salman Khan is all geared up to perform at the IPL opening ceremony, reports suggests that Kolkata Knight Riders team owner Shahrukh Khan might give the extravaganza event a miss as he does not want to be under the same roof of his arch-rival Salman Khan.
Shahrukh who is busy playing the brand ambassador of his team KKR in Mumbai said that he wants to concentrate more on Yash Raj flick opposite Katrina Kaif. While Salman Khan is also busy playing brand ambassador of online travel portal Yatra.com very seriously.
After the demise of Nawab Pataudi, Saif Ali Khan’s responsibility increased. Being the eldest son of the family, he has to take many important decisions regarding his family. For a long time his sister Soha Ali Khan is seeing actor Kunal Khemu and since Saif and Kareena’s wedding is pushing back time and again, the Nawab wants his sister to get married before him and doesn’t want her to wait for his wedding as it is not going to happen anytime soon.
State Chief Election Commissioner Bhanwar Lal has said that the bye-elections’ notification pertaining to the 18 Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat may be issued in August.
Bhanwar Lal had a meeting with all political parties, district officials of three constituencies in the district where bye-elections to be held.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhanwar Lal said that the Commission will initiate steps to conduct the bye-elections in an impartial manner. (NSS)
The Ranga Reddy District Lorry Owners Association has urged the State government to allow them to transport sand.
Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, Association members said that the labourers depending on sand quarrying were on the road due to the stoppage of sand quarrying. They demanded that the State government permit sand quarrying as usual. Expressing concern over the stoppage of sand quarrying, the Association members said that it would have severe impact on construction sector.
The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has announced that it would take up second phase Pulse Polio program on April 15.
In a pressnote, Commissioner Praveen Prakash has stated that the ministry started taking all measures to conduct the Pulse Polio program. He appealed to the parents, voluntary organisations and NGOs to participate actively in the program and make it a grand success. (NSS)
A delegation of Auto Driver Unions JAC led by Mohd Amanullah Khan, met Transport Commissioner Hiralal Samaria on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum demanding immediate increase in the existing auto fares keeping in view of the yet another steep hike of Rs 6.81 LPG per liter rate from Monday.
The Department of Posts has provided Railway Reservations facility at Hyderabad Jubilee Head Post Office, Diwan Devdi, here. This will facilitate the residents of old City and also the business people of Pathergatti area to reserve Railway tickets at Hyderabad Jubilee Head Post Office.
YSR Congress chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that his party would not have to wait till 2014 for general elections, if it won all the 18 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seats, by-elections for which were scheduled to be held shortly.
Jagan, on Tuesday, led his party’s protest against hike in the power tariff at the native place of Chiranjeevi.
The Meteorological Department here has informed that there was a chance of increase in temperature level in the coming two days.
According to the officials of the Department, on Tuesday, Adilabad and Mahabubnagar recorded highest temperature in the State with 41 degrees. Medak, Nizamabad and Kurnool stood second recording 40 degrees. Kadapa, Ananthapuram and Hyderabad recorded 39 degrees, Tirupati, Vijayawada 38 degrees, Visakha 35 degrees.
They said that there was a possibility of increase in heat wave conditions in the State, following the increase in temperatures. (NSS)
Bharatiya Janata Party State president G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday called upon all concerned to solve the crisis in power sector irrespective of political affiliations.
The Jana Chaitanya Vedika, in association with APSA, organized a round table on “Crisis in Power Sector — Solutions” in Sundaraiah Vignana Kendram, Bagh Lingampally here on Tuesday. JCV president V Lakshmana Reddy presided.