Disruption of the peaceful atmosphere of the city of Hyderabad is still in vogue. In Khairiatabad area of the new city two Muslim youths namely, Kaleem Bin Abdur Rab Quraishi (14) was going to buy SIM card along with his friend Sarfaraz who is a student of Iqra High School.
Rohit Shetty’s ‘Chennai Express’ with Shah Rukh Khan is one of the ‘hottest’ films to watch out for.
But who will be romancing SRK as his leading lady? There was lot of deliberation regarding the casting of the leading lady.
If reports are to be believed Shah Rukh wants Katrina Kaif on board who is already his co-star in the untitled Yash Raj movie. The actor seems to be impressed by the lady who currently seems to be SRK’s co-star of choice.
Ever since they started working together on Yash Chopra’s untitled film, Shah Rukh has been openly praising Katrina.
Terming the Chhattisgarh government’s initiative to form a high-powered committee to hold talks with Maoists as an “eyewash”, Swami Agnivesh on Wednesday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh‘s intervention in ensuring result-oriented talks with the extreme leftists.
Agnivesh claimed that the Maoists are releasing Sukma District Collector Alex Paul Menon solely on “humanitarian grounds”.
“It is time for the Central government and the Prime Minister to step in and give a positive response by calling a ceasefire,” he said.
People of the Sitaphalmandi area in the heart of the city have been spending sleepless nights, fearing that ghosts were on the prowl, killing innocent people.
A series of deaths of children has caused the residents of some of the areas of Sitaphalmandi suspect that it was the work of evil forces.
A 43-year-old man has double trouble and more. The man is married to 42-year-old twins who share more than their physical looks. The man is also involved in a polygamous marriage with the twins’ cousin.
The group has 24 children among them, reports Daily Mail.
The family is fundamentalist Mormon from Salt Lake City, Utah, and in their religion “all three women are equally married” to their common husband, reveals the daily.
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Sunday said the nomination of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha was the “dirtiest play” of Congress.
“It is Congress’s dirtiest play…the real Dirty Picture is this”, Thackeray was quoted by NDTV.
Four Regional Passport Office (RPO) staffers were today arrested for allegedly “colluding” with touts in issuing passports under Tatkal scheme.
“The accused, identified as Jambla Karunaker and Subodh Kumar (both Upper Division Clerks), Narla Siva Ram Prasad and K David, (both Lower Division Clerks) working in the Passport Seva Kendra, abetted passport agents in preparing files for obtaining passports under Tatkal Scheme with fake election voter ID proofs,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective Department) P J Victor said.
In an outrageous incident, a drunk man allegedly raped his 65-year-old mother-in-law. The victim, who is a TB patient, filed a complaint with the Koradi police accusing Ramesh Gawhane of committing the heinous act.
A father of three, 46-year-old Gawhane, is absconding. Gawhane’s daughter got married a year ago. His two sons are studying in ninth and seventh standard respectively. The matter was reported to Koradi police station by the victim’s daughter on Tuesday night.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today announced that government had sanctioned 5,324 acres of land for the construction of port near here. Of the sanctioned land, 1,623 acres will be handed over to the port construction company immediately by the district administration, he said. The CM handed a copy of the government order to the District Collector at a public meeting and asked the construction company `Navayuga Constructions’ to complete the job at the earliest.
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Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Dr D L Ravindra Reddy today said here that he would not be responsible for the results of the upcoming by-election in the district. “I would not take any responsibility for the by-polls,” he said. Talking to reporters, the Minister alleged that Congress had finalised candidates without consulting the senior leaders, and the Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy himself would be responsible for the outcome.
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The list of Congress candidates for the bypolls to be held in Andhra Pradesh next month triggered protests and angry reactions from party leaders in Andhra Pradesh even before it is formally released. With the names of candidates who are likely to get the ticket doing rounds extensively in the media, it evoked a mixed reaction from various leaders. Congress Chief Whip Gandra Venkata Ramana Reddy told reporters here today that he was surprised over the name of a person, who reportedly quit TDP yesterday, cropping up for Parkal Assembly seat in Warangal district.
Nearly 3,000 US and NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban rulers were ousted in 2001.
The Taliban, overthrown by US-backed Afghan forces for harbouring bin Laden and other militants, were quick to take credit for Wednesday’s attack at Green Village, one of several compounds for Westerners on a main road out of the capital.
About a third of Russian women suffer domestic violence but put up with beatings from their partners and husbands in order not to lose them, an NGO said Wednesday.
Last year, Moscow’s Anna National Centre for the Prevention of Violence launched the first free helpline in Russia for women who suffer domestic violence.
Suicide bombers attacked a compound housing Westerners in Kabul today hours after US President Barack Obama signed a security pact during a short visit to a city that remains vulnerable to a resilient insurgency.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which involved a car bomb and insurgents disguised as women on the eastern outskirts of the capital, killing seven people, a Gurkha guard and six passers-by, and wounding 17.
The merriment over the wedding of a dalit couple turned into mourning for their families when their bodies were found under mysterious circumstances in their room at Baidiyav village this morning.
Preliminary investigation suggested that Praveen Sagar (24) and Khandwa-resident Saraswati — who tied the nuptial knot on Monday — could have died of suffocation caused by using a kerosene generator inside a closed room after a power cut at around 0300 hrs, police said.
Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, today paid a visit to Dhirubhai Ambani International School (DAIS) here. The royal visitor is touring India to represent Her Majesty The Queen in the year of her Diamond Jubilee.
The Duke was welcomed by Nita M Ambani, founder and chairperson of the School, teachers and students. He interacted with children across the school, a release here said.
Egypt’s military is ready to hand over power to a new president after the first round of the vote May 24, Egyptian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Sami Anan said.
That will happen if the first round produces an outright winner, he said Wednesday.
“The Military Council is looking forward to the presidential election,” he said.
With 13 candidates in the running, none are expected to garner more than 50 percent in the May 23-24 vote, which is likely to go to a run-off in June.
Three Russian women have been charged with assaulting a suspected paedophile and battering him to death, officials said.
The attack took place during a drinking party at a private home in Kushva town in Sverdlovsk region, after a nine-year-old girl complained that one of the male guests had sexually abused her.
One man was also allegedly involved in the murder, the investigative committee said.
The suspected paedophile died as a result of a fatal head injury caused by the girl’s mother, two other women and a man with a criminal record.
Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest blood cells in the remains of a 5,300-year-old iceman found in Italy.
The scientists found traces of blood around an arrow wound that killed the man in the mountains of what is now the Alto-Adige region of northern Italy.
“Otzi the iceman” was discovered in 1991 at 3,200 metres in a glacier by hikers in the German-speaking region near the border with Austria.
His remains were so well preserved that scientists have estimated he was 45-years-old at the time he was killed.
Her bail rejected by a CBI court, dentist Nupur Talwar, accused in the murder of her teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the rejection.
The CBI court in Ghaziabad rejected Talwar’s bail application. While passing the order CBI judge S. Lal observed: “I am not inclined to exercise the discretion in favour of accused applicant to grant bail.”
After hearing arguments from both sides, judge Lal in his order said: “There is prima facie evidence to suggest the involvement of the accused (in the murder).”
The CBI Wednesday questioned Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh for six hours in connection with alleged irregularities in the import of all-terrain heavy-duty Tatra trucks for the Indian Army and bribery allegations made by Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh, an official said here.
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said Tejinder Singh reached the probe agency’s office around 11 a.m. and was questioned till 5 p.m.
Pakistan has condemned the April 28 burning of copies of the Quran by US pastor Terry Jones in Florida.
“Pakistan strongly condemns the burning of the holy Quran by Pastor Terry Jones, head of the Dove world Qutreach Center in Florida recently,” Xinhua quoted the foreign ministry as saying Wednesday.
“We feel that such senseless acts would only inspire hatred and violence in the world,” a statement said.
Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwarlal on Wednesday informed that the opinion of Election Commission of India has been sought for the postings of VROs and VRAs in the poll-bound districts.
In the race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan it was RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s turn to make a political statement. The RJD chief said that he was willing to back Vice President Hamid Ansari. But in the Opposition, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met NDA convenor Sharad Yadav to sort out differences on the Presidential candidate.
This comes a day after cracks appeared in the NDA over Ansari’s candidature. The JD(U) had clearly distanced itself from BJP Swaraj’s statement opposing both Ansari and Pranab Mukherjee. The NDA partners now seems to be in a damage control mode.
As Ramdev stoked a controversy calling MPs “dacoits and murderers”, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Wednesday termed these as the utterings of a frustrated man while Congress member Jagdambika Pal and Samajwadi Party legislator Shailendra Kumar said they will move a breach of privilege motion against the yoga guru in the Lok Sabha.
“Baba Ramdev is frustrated. Whosoever speaks like this, is frustrated. He is a mental case,” Lalu Prasad said.
Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, SP leader Shailendra Kumar demanded action against those making derogatory remarks against MPs.