The marathon hearing on the issue of framing guidelines for media reporting of court proceedings concluded in the Supreme Court on Thursday, with some noted jurists terming the endeavour “judicial overreach” which will open the “floodgates” with a whole range of “complications.”
A five-judge Constitution Bench reserved verdict, after 17 days of hearing, which started on March 27.
Actor, dancer and producer Jaaved Jaaferi, whose production venture “Inshallah, Football” bagged the National Award for best film on social issues this year, says he won’t produce such movies any more because meaningful cinema does not find adequate audiences.
“I cannot afford to produce another movie like ‘Inshallah, Football’ because the creative satisfaction of producing ‘Inshallah, Football’ was not matched by box-office success. I took a hit,” Jaaved, who has completed work on another feature film, “BMW”, told IANS in an interview.
HE HAS modelled himself as a cool, calculated leader of the free world. But at the age of 22 Barack Obama had a strong “ sexual warmth” that overwhelmed his girlfriend at the time, according to a new book that identifies her for the first time.
Vivid diaries written by Genevieve Cook reveal she was driven wild by the smell of sweat, smoking and deodorant that emanated from his bedroom.
Shot dead during the famous US Navy SEAL raid on his fortified hideout in Pakistan’s military town of Abbottabad on May 2 last year, al- Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden was given a “ sea burial” to prevent his legions of followers building a mausoleum on his grave.
The White House story was simple and clear. But eccentric Californian treasure hunter Bill Warren thought, “ Where’s the proof?” So the man, whose trade punchline is “ salvaging history from shipwrecks”, promised himself to get to the bottom of bin Laden’s remains. He was on the job since June last year.
The press note of All India Muslim Front reflects that the conference of aggrieved husbands organized by All India Muslim Front is producing positive results. All the men and women who suffered due to false cases registered against them under section 498(A) of Indian Penal Code passed a resolution demanding scrapping of section 498(A). They also appealed to make it bailable.
The squabbles we are seeing today over the election of the next President will be nothing compared to the all-out war ignited by a fragmented verdict after the 2014 general election, feels T V R Shenoy.
If George Orwell were alive today he might have written: ‘All MPs are equal. Some MLAs are more equal than others.’
The vice-president of India is chosen by members of Parliament. But the Constitution mandates that members of legislative assemblies have a say in choosing the President.
Cricketers representing the Pratapgad Warriors, one of the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) teams, were all ears to Sachin Tendulkar here on Thursday.
In the city to play the Mumbai Indians-Pune Warriors game, Tendulkar was invited for an interactive session by the managing director of Guardian Corporation, Manish Sabade, also the owner of Pratapgad Warriors.
“It is always a pleasure to talk to youngsters. Well, when you wake up 39, you can call them youngsters,” said Tendulkar, who was in a cheerful mood.
Special public prosecutor U. U. Lalit on Thursday attempted to pull apart the tangled strands of cross- holding companies that allegedly hid the association between Loop and Essar in the 2G- spectrum scam.
He demonstrated his point at a Delhi court with complex flowcharts and share- agreement details for substantiating the CBI’s claims that Essar Group used Loop Telecom as a front company to apply for 2G licences.
He has modelled himself as a cool, calculated leader of the free world. But at the age of 22 Barack Obama had a strong “ sexual warmth” that overwhelmed his girlfriend at the time, according to a new book that identifies her for the first time.
Vivid diaries written by Genevieve Cook reveal she was driven wild by the smell of sweat, smoking and deodorant that emanated from his bedroom.
The Supreme Court on Friday convicted nine people and acquitted 32 others in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra Ode killings. Three persons, including two women, were killed at the Malav Bhagol locality in Ode village a decade ago.
This was the third case of the 2002 riots at Ode village that was being probed by the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team. As many as 41 people were undergoing trial in the case.
A teenage suicide bomber targeted security personnel in a crowded market in the restive Bajaur tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 17 people and injuring 42 others, officials said.
The security personnel had gathered at a shop at the bazar in Khar, the main town of Bajaur Agency, after conducting a patrol when the teenage attacker approached them and detonated his suicide vest, witnesses told the media.
2-member fake note gang arrested
(Siasat News): Langar Houz police has arrested a 2-member gang of fake note dealers and seized huge quantity of fake notes.
According to details Y Prashant, 26 and a photographer by profession, in association with one G Ashok Goud, native of Medak, was involved in fake note business. They were arrested from Nanal Nagar chowrasta when they were roaming there suspiciously.
ON the same day she received a national award for her performance in The Dirty Picture , actor Vidya Balan was roped in as the ambassador of the government’s sanitation programme.
“ For an actor, what can be a better thing than doing a Dirty Picture on screen and off screen, a clean picture? I think this role will work a lot because we are working on a national movement,” Vidya said after meeting rural development minister Jairam Ramesh.
Concerned over rising instances of criminals using black films for windscreens and side glasses of four wheelers, the Supreme Court on Friday directed States and Union Territories to strictly enforce the ban on use of the tint beyond the permissible limit.
Manufacturers may produce the vehicles with tinted glasses which provide for 70 per cent Visual Light Transmission (VLT) for safety glasses on windscreen (front and rear) and 40 per cent VLT for side glasses, the apex court said.
Abducted Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon finally reached home in Sukma on Friday morning after 13 days, 12 of which were spent in captivity. Menon was released by the Naxals on Thursday evening. Menon was accompanied by Maoist-appointed mediator BD Sharma on his way back home.
The collector seemed visibly tired while speaking to the media on Thursday after his release. He spent the night in Chintalnar and reached Sukma on Friday morning.
The sudden U-turn by the Maoists in the case has, however, led to wide speculation about a behind-the-scene deal.
Hamed Mohammad Khan, Chairman Moment for Peace and Justice, urged the central and state governments to construct a mosque at Maulana Azad National University on par with Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh University since due to lack of mosque at Maulana Azad National University, 3000 students studying in the university are compelled to offer Friday prayers in scorching sun.
State General Secretary of the student wing of Congress Party, National Students Union of India Mr. Aamer Javeed welcomed the formation of a high level committee by the Chief Minister.
The Committee has been asked to review the 25% reservation of poor students in educational institutions during the next academic year 2012-13 and submit its report before 15th May.
Congress MLC Mr. Farooq Hussain welcomed the release of Rs. 1.32 crore to the victims of Sangareddy Communal Riots by the Govt. of A.P. He thanked the CM of A.P. Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy and demanded that the miscreants should be punished. He told that President of Jameeatul Ulema and MLC Mr. Shabbir Ahmed and Mr. Mohammed Ahmedullah toured with him and assessed the quantum of relief and represented the matter to the Chief Minister. He said that Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is a Minorities friendly CM. The collector of Medak also played a key role in assessing the loss caused to the businessmen.
According to a press note issued by All India Muslim Front, the conference organized by victimized husbands is producing positive results. All those husbands who were victimized under section 498(A) of Indian Penal Code unanimously passed a resolution demanding the Govt. to cancel this clause or it should be made bailable.
(Siasat News) More than three thousand students and the members of staff have to offer Friday prayer in hot sunlight under the sky. A demand was made for the construction of a Mosque on the campus of Urdu University as has been done in Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. Mr. Hamid Mohammed Khan, President of Movement for Peace and Justice put forth this demand and requested the state and central governments to provide land for a Mosque on the campus of Urdu University.
(Siasat News) On the call given by the Joint Action Committee of employees, teachers and Gazetted Officers Associations, State Govt. Employees organized protest meetings in front of Mandals and Collectorates in the state.
Iran’s ballistic missile programme does not yet pose a threat to Europe or the US, a top French official has said.
“Firstly Iran’s ballistic missile programme threatens neither Europe or the US. Secondly, the Iranian nuclear programme is developed for civil applications only. Therefore, Russia considers Iran is a risk, not a threat to Europe,” Michel Miraillet, France’s director for strategy affairs and defence policy, said Thursday at a missile defence conference in Moscow.
TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who has won a million hearts after bagging the lead role of Anandi in popular television show ‘Balika Vadhu’, says she had never thought of becoming an actress. The 21-year-old stepped replaced Avika Gor to play the older Anandi when the soap took a leap of five years. She had been selected through a nationwide SMS poll.
“I never thought of acting as a career and becoming an actress one day. But the glitz and glamour of the profession have always attracted me. I always wanted to become a model as a small kid but then my height was an issue.
Several Bollywood beauties turned up for Shilpa Shetty’s baby shower ceremony. The event was organized by Shilpa’s sister Shamita Shetty along with Shilpa’s close pal Kiran Bawa. Raveena Tandon and Malaika Arora Khan attended the ceremony
Amrita Arora and Manyata Dutt turned up to bless Shilpa. Everything was arranged without Shilpa’s knowledge. It was a surprise for the mom to be. Shilpa was just asked to come by 3.30 pm. The ceremony was arranged at the Kundra’s residence.
John Abraham has recently declared that he is getting married to his girlfriend Priya Runchal, a banker. His longtime girlfriend Bipasha Basu congratulated John on his impending wedding. Post break-up with the hunk with whom she dated for nearly a decade, moved on in life. First she dated Josh Hartnett, Shahid Kapur and recently rumored to be dating Rana Daggubati.