Month: May 2012

Aamir scared of showing ‘Satyamev Jayate’ to friends

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Aamir Khan, who is set to make his TV debut with ‘Satyamev Jayate’, says he is scared of reactions and that’s why he didn’t show it to anyone.

“I haven’t shown it to anyone. I am scared about showing it to anyone. If I show it to someone and they don’t like it, then my heart will break,” the 47-year-old said on the sets of the TV soap ‘Diya aur Bati Hum’.

“I am waiting for May 6 and everyone will watch it that day itself,” he added.

‘Satyamev Jayate’ would go on air simultaneously on DD National and Star Plus.

Meanwhile, Aamir also talked about his favourite TV programme.

Woman jumps before moving train, dies

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A 35-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train near Beheta Hajipur railway crossing of the district, police said today.

The incident took place yesterday when the unidentified woman jumped before the Delhi-Saharanpur passenger train, they said.

The reasons behind the extreme step taken by the woman are yet to be ascertained.

The body has been taken for postmortem, police said, adding that efforts are on to trace her identity.

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Cop jailed for 3 yrs for treating sis-in-law cruelly for dowry

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A Delhi Police constable has been sentenced to three years in jail by a court for subjecting his brother’s wife to cruelty for bringing insufficient dowry, which eventually led her to commit suicide.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Gurdeep Singh sentenced 48-year-old Mahipal ruing that despite being a member of a
law-enforcing agency, he himself breached law.

Indian student seeks upturning of hate crime conviction

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An Indian-origin student of Rutgers University, who was found guilty of bias intimidation for spying on his gay roommate’s sexual encounter, is seeking to have the conviction against him overturned and be granted a new trial in the case.

Lawyers for Dharun Ravi, 20, submitted a 33-page brief in Superior Court in New Brunswick requesting that the judge
acquit him entirely or at least grant him a new trial.

The motion also requests that Ravi be allowed to remain free on bail after sentencing, pending the planned appeal.

Kiran racks brains as Sonia talks of ups, downs

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Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy returned to Hyderabad with mixed feelings after meeting party president Sonia Gandhi for over half an hour exclusively at her residence in Delhi on Tuesday evening.

She reportedly told him that “ups and downs are common in public life and he should not get upset over such developments”. Confidantes say Kiran Reddy is trying to guess what she meant.

The chief minister reportedly took it that she was referring to party’s performance in the recent byelections and that she was only telling him not to worry over it.

Action against Kasab after SC judgement: Chidambaram

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Under attack in Parliament over delay in implementing the death sentence of Mumbai attack convict Ajmal Kasab, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said action would be taken against him after the Supreme Court gives its decision on his appeal.

“We must decide as a nation are we committed for the rule of law,” Chidambaram said when Shiv Sena member Anandrao Adsul raised the issue of delay in hanging Kasab.

If the nation was committed to the rule of law, then Kasab has to be allowed a fair trial, an appeal and a further appeal to plead his case, he said.

Couple murdered

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Unidentified persons allegedly murdered a couple in their house in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district, police said here today.

Digvijay Singh, aged 52, was killed with a sharp-edged weapon while his wife was strangulated late last night, they
said.

Their bodies were found in their house in Dhampur area in Basera Kunwar village this morning.

—————————PTI

Court orders probe against 3 cops for closing cheating case

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A Delhi court has ordered a probe against three police officials, including an ACP, for getting closed a cheating case, victimising an 82-year-old NRI, by filing the closure report of the case in a court other than in which it had been lodged.

While ordering Delhi police commissioner to launch a vigilance probe against the police officials, Additional
Sessions Judge Surinder S Rathi also ticked off the court of chief metropolitan magistrate for accepting the closure report without notifying the NRI and hearing him.

Siddique asks govt to make public investigation on pvt co

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Leader of Opposition in Bihar, Abdul Bari Siddique today asked the state government to make public the update of vigilance investigation on a private company ordered by the erstwhile RJD government after it breached a Supreme Court directive.

Siddique told reporters here the company had breached the Supreme Court directive for revival of Ashok Paper Mill at Darbhanga and the government should make public update of vigilance investigation on the company before considering its interest on investment of Rs 2000 crore in the factory.

BJP hopes to win 200 LS seats in 2014 elections: Gadkari

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BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said the party would disclose the name of its prime ministerial candidate at an “appropriate” time and at present is focused on winning at least 200 seats “on its own” in the next Lok Sabha elections.

“L K Advani is our senior leader and is a source of inspiration. BJP’s top committee will take an appropriate
decision at an appropriate time on the issue of who would be the party’s prime ministerial candidate,” Gadkari told
reporters at Indore Press Club.

Rekha enters Rajya Sabha, Jaya gets her seat shifted

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Actress and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan has got her seat in the Rajya Sabha shifted to seat no. 143. Reports say this came after her co-star from the 1981 film ‘Silsila’, Rekha, was allotted seat number 99, which was right behind her previous seat 91.

She requested for a seat change apparently to avoid proximity to the actress, reports said.

Meanwhile, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been allotted seat number 103.
As Rekha enters Rajya Sabha, Jaya gets her seat shifted

Insult of Burkha: Sunny Leone wore to meet Ekta

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Looks like Sunny Leone will soon master all the tricks of the Bollywood trade. The pornstar-turned-actor wore a burkha for a meeting with Ekta Kapoor for Ragini MMS 2. Wonder why? She didn’t want the information to get leaked.

“The producers hadn’t met Sunny before this. And they wanted to meet her, especially Ekta. But at the same time, they wanted it to be a secret, as Ekta didn’t want the news to be out before the contracts were signed,“ an insider told DNA.

After Dirty debacle, a new category for films on TV?

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There was never any intention of hampering the film industry’s economic structure, or hurting anyone’s sentiments behind the stalling of the television screening of ” The Dirty Picture”,” said Information and Broadcasting minister Ambika Soni, at a meeting on Monday afternoon that was called for a discussion over last Sunday’s stalling of “The Dirty Picture”‘s TV premiere.

The ultimate style icon of India is Hrithik Roshan!

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Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has been voted as the ultimate style icon in an online survey conducted by Yahoo! India, while Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan were declared the most stylish celebrity couple.

On the list of ultimate style icons cricketer MS Dhoni features at number two and superstar Shah Rukh Khan is third. Hrithik got 18 percent votes, while Dhoni bagged 16 and Shah Rukh Khan had 15 percent votes, said a Yahoo! India statement.

Sushma draws flak over Ansari comment

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A DAY after Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj seized the initiative in outlining the BJP’s strategy on the President election, it turned out her pronouncements had not gone down too well with the NDA partners.

Questioning the Vice- President’s stature in the process may have just made her assertions that much more unpalatable.

Swaraj had asserted on Monday that the BJP will not support any Congress- backed candidate for the President’s post and hinted at support for APJ Abdul Kalam as a consensus candidate.

Priyanka hugs Salman, surprises the Khan

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Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has become the ‘persona non grata’ amongst her colleagues in the industry.

She has been shunned away from every party, every do and to top it all the Bollywood wives have banned their respective husbands to work with her.

The root cause being her close proximity with actor Shah Rukh Khan. Her special friendship with SRK, late night practices and visit to his office have not gone down well with the people in the industry.

3,11,000 applications received for Hajj 2012

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This year approximately 3,11,000 Hajj applications were received from 30 States and Union territories while the Hajj committee quota is 1 lakh 25 thousand. Despite passport compulsion there is an increase of 9 thousand applications compared to last year. Dr. S Shakir Husain chief executive officer Central Hajj committee told this during a press conference.

The Hajj aspirants intending for Hajj pilgrimage through Andhra Pradesh Hajj committee will leave for Madina from Hyderabad and return via Jeddah.

Hyderabad gets high on IPL betting

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It’s a multi-crore game that is being played out in the city these days. And it’s not men in jerseys but professional punters who are manning the field here. With the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 5) underway, these men have padded up to either make a few quick bucks or walk back to the pavilion with a duck on their scoreboards. Sources reveal that as many as 2,500 bookies are on the job across Hyderabad fixing bets to the tune of crores everyday.

Saudi jet in emergency landing

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A chartered Saudia aircraft with 10 crewmen on board made emergency landing at an airport in the Gulf Kingdom after one of its landing gears failed but no one was hurt, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The aircraft was on a special flight from the western town of Madina to the nearby Red Sea port of Jeddah when the pilot detected the problem and radioed Jeddah airport, Al Watan Arabic language daily said.

The airport went on alert and some flights were suspended as civil defence sprayed special foam on the runway to prevent friction fire, it said.

Mobile Application for Airport Profiling

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Receiving hundreds of complaints about racial profiling of Sikh, Muslim and Arab passengers in American airport, a US Sikh coalition has released a new smartphone application that can be used by anyone who feels his rights were violated at the security barrier.

“For too long, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has kept a long leash on its screeners, telling them not to profile, but taking no effective measures to stop it,” Amardeep Singh, the Sikh Coalition director of programs, told AFP on Monday, April 30.

Baba Ramdev is a mental case: Lalu Prasad

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Parliamentarians across party lines have once again united in the face of criticism and this time it is yoga guru and anti-corruption activist Baba Ramdev who has earned their wrath for calling the members of Parliament corrupt and characterless.

He had said, “There are some politicians who are good. But some others are corrupt and have no character.”

Reacting to the comments of Ramdev, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has hit back calling Ramdev mentally sick.

“He is a mental case and frustrated,” said the former Union Railways Minister.

Importance of Urdu Calligraphy recognized even today: ZAK

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Calligraphy and Good handwriting hold a remarkable position in Urdu language. Though it was thought to be an outmoded art after the advent of computers but it holds importance even today because of the beauty and aestheticism attached to it. The art of calligraphy started in Iran and spread across the world. These views were expressed by Mr. Zahid Ali Khan editor Siasat while addressing the inaugural function of calligraphy classes.

No enhancement in widow and old-age pension for the past 8 yrs

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Siasat has repeatedly drawn attention of the concerned authorities regarding paltry amount of pension paid to the widows and old age persons. Inflation increased by 200% during the past 8 years but the government is still paying just Rs. 200 pm to the widows and old-aged which is insufficient to buy even one day’s ration. Government is not ready to pay attention to this serious and important matter despite the fact that Siasat called its attention several times towards the issue.

Magnitude 7.2 quake hits Mexico

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A major earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale jolted offshore Mexican state of Chiapas, Tuesday, according to a local radio station. There was no immediate report of any casualty or damage to property.

According to Chiapas Civil Protection Direction sources, the temblor occurred at 5.43 p.m., reported Xinhua citing the local radio station.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake’s epicentre, with a depth of 44 km, was initially determined to be at 14.42 degrees north latitude and 92.96 degrees west longitude.

—Agencies

Carla goes in shock as Sarkozy is humiliated

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The pressure of the French presidential election has put Carla Bruni under so much stress she has stopped breastfeeding her baby daughter, it was claimed on Monday.

The angst- ridden First Lady, 44, is suffering from a “ real psychological shock” at the brutality of the insults levelled at her husband during his campaign, France’s Closer magazine reported.

The former supermodel is “ crying frequently” and “ lashing out at friends” as the intense battle for the Elysee Palace reaches its final week, the magazine said.