Late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s widow Y.S. Vijayamma Sunday blamed Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the arrest of her son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
Vijayamma, who along with other family members, called on Jagan at Dilkusha Guest House Sunday night, told reporters that Gandhi was targeting Jagan for going ahead with his “Odarpu Yatra” following YSR’s death in a helicopter crash in September 2009.
From being worth Rs36 lakh in 2003-04, the Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy emerged to become the richest MP with an asset base of Rs365 crore for himself and another Rs40 crore for his wife Bharathi by 2011. According to the I-T returns of Jagan in 2003-04 his declared assets were worth Rs36 lakh. In the following year, his assets were at Rs6.6 crore. However, according to an affidavit filed by him in 2011, his assets were at Rs365 crore. Between 2003 and 2010, Jagan floated at least 36 companies to expand his business empire supporting the exponential growth in his wealth.
The couple, who were rumoured to be planning an early 2012 wedding in the run-up to the release of their film Agent Vinod, are now believed to have set an October 16 date for their big day.
It’s over a year since the death of Saif’s dad and renowned cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan, and he and Kareena are currently in Turkey, where the former is shooting for Race 2.
But the renewed interest in the couple’s supposed upcoming wedding has Bebo fed up answering questions on her shaadi.
As the summer peaks, so have the woes of Gurgaon. The Millennium City has been witnessing 8-10 hours of powers cuts a day even as it grapples with its worst ever water crisis, with supply plunging to an all-time low of 15% of the usual volume in many areas on Sunday.
The water shortage, affecting as many as 65 residential colonies in new Gurgaon, has been getting worse for the past two weeks. “I have been living in this city for the last 11 years, and I have never seen such a water crisis,” said Sudhir Kapoor, secretary general, DLF City RWA.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir said unity helped his team win its maiden Indian Premier League title here Sunday.
Knight Riders beat Chennai Super Kings in their own backyard here to get their hands on the coveted trophy.
Gambhir said his side had achieved its objective.
“Only one word comes to mind and that is mission accomplished. That is what we wanted to achieve before the start of the tournament,” Gambhir said in the post-match presentation ceremony.
A fire broke out in a home in France Sunday, killing two toddlers — aged 18 months and four years — and asphyxiating their five-year-old sister, media reports said.
The blaze occurred in Libourne in southwest France, Xinhua reported citing RTL radio.
The children’s mother jumped from a window to escape the fire, the report said.
Two hours before the fatal incident in Libourne, a fire in a seven-storey building in Paris’s 20th arrondissement region injured at least 17 people.
Singer Rihanna recently did a photo shoot for a perfume called Nude. She wore just a gold necklace for the campaign.
The 24-year-old singer sported tousled blonde hair instead of the dreadlocks that she was seen sporting last week on “American Idol”, reports The Sunday.
She later took to Twitter to tell her fans that the blonde look was temporary.
“Blonde was just for the shoot! I’m still black,” she tweeted.
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At least five suspected militants were killed and four others injured just after midnight Sunday in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, media reports said Monday.
The drone fired four missiles around 1 a.m. at a house and a vehicle in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Xinhua reported citing Urdu TV channel Dunya.
Residents said the toll may rise further as the injured were in critical condition. Identities of the killed and injured people were not known.
The United Nations led calls on Saturday for urgent international action on Syria after reports of a horrific massacre by regime forces that left 92 people dead, more than a third of them children.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan jointly condemned the “appalling and brutal crime,” which involved “indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force,” and was “a flagrant violation” of international law and commitments by Syria’s government not to use heavy weapons or violence.
A criminal court in Egypt has convicted former chief of presidential staff Zakaria Azmi of corruption and abuse of office and sentenced him to seven years in prison.
The court fined Azami and his wife Bahia to return to Egyptian treasury 36 million Egyptian pounds (around $6 million).
Former president Hosni Mubarak has been under arrest at the International Medical Center near Cairo. Mubarak, his two sons, former interior minister Habib al-Adli and six of his aides are accused of corruption and killings of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that ousted Mubarak from power.
Describing Kolkata Knight Riders as “deserving winners” of the Indian Premier League, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly praised Manvinder Bisla for his cracker of an innings that set the stage for the team’s triumph in the final against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday.
“After the first six overs in the KKR innings, I thought 191 was gettable. I thought KKR was destined to win. Bisla batted superbly. It was clean hitting. He played out of his skin.”
At least 23 people were killed and another 10 injured when a tempo hit two stationery private mini-buses on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway early Monday, officials said.
The accident occured near Khalapur, around 80 km from Mumbai.
According to the Raigad police control, the accident occurred shortly after midnight when one of the two ill-fated mini-buses had halted for rectifying some technical problem.
Manvinder Sultansingh Bisla justified his late inclusion with a brilliant knock of 89 that carried Kolkata Knight Riders to a memorable five-wicket victory against Chennai Super Kings for their maiden trophy success in the Indian Premier League here Sunday.
The Super Kings, champions in the previous two seasons, looked to be in command when they posted 190 for three after batting first on winning the toss, and then dismissing Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir in the very first over.
Ahead of the crucial joint council meeting of IITs and NITs tomorrow on the new format of entrance test, Super-30 founder Anand Kumar, well known for getting over 300 students from marginalised sections into the IITs, has suggested making the test more “transparent” and conducting it twice a year.
In a letter to HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, Anand, from whose coaching institute 27 out of 30 students cracked the IIT-JEE this year, has also suggested that students from rural areas be given three chances instead of two at present to qualify for the examination.
At least 23 people were killed when a stationery private mini-bus was rammed from the rear by a tempo on the Mumbai-Pune highway near Khalapur in the wee hours on Monday.
According to reports, eleven women and four children are among those who have died in the mishap.
According to the state highway police control, the accident occurred shortly after midnight when the ill-fated bus had halted for rectifying some technical problem.
Suddenly, a speeding tempo rammed it from the rear, instantaneously killing many of the occupants who were sleeping in the bus at that hour.
Narendra Modi on Sunday took on CPM saying that the language used by them is similar to that of terrorists.
Modi was reacting to a speech made by CPM’s Idukki district secretary M M Mani in which he stated that there had been instances of the party eliminating political rivals.
“When leader of a political party says that we murder our political rivals, it is dangerous to our democracy. Where is NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)? We should raise our voice against such acts. Our workers keep giving their lives in Kerala,” Modi said.
A day after Jagan Mohan Reddy was arrested, his party, the YSR Congress, has called for a three-day bandh in East Godavari district in protest. The arrest came after three days of interrogation at Hyderabad’s Dilkusha Guest House, where Mr Reddy was held overnight.
Security has been tightened in Hyderabad with YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy expected to appear before a CBI court a day after he was arrested in the alleged disproportionate assets case. His party, the YSR Congress, has called for a bandh across Andhra Pradesh.
A day after his team targeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for alleged corruption, Anna Hazare on Sunday said that the prime minister is an honest man.
Speaking to reporters at Pandharpur on Sunday, he said that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “is an honest man though some ministers in his cabinet are corrupt”.
Air India board will meet in Mumbai on Monday to discuss the nearly three-week-old strike by over 200 pilots and a host of financial issues. Airline sources said the board is likely to consider the next steps to be taken to deal with the strike, spearheaded by the now derecognised Indian Pilots Guild.
The airline has sacked 101 pilots and is mulling hiring new pilots to restore normalcy its flight schedules, particularly international operations which have been curtailed due to the agitation.
An ecstatic Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan on Sunday apologised for his misbehaviour with the Mumbai Cricket Association officials at the Wankhede Stadium after a match against Mumbai Indians.
Surrounded by his wife and daughter and other kids, the Bollywood superstar said, “I want to apologise to the kids for my misbehaviour at MCA. I apologise to all who saw me differently. I shouldn’t have behaved in that manner. But today my team has won, so I guess, all you fans should forgive me. We have won at last.”
The CBI’s custody of industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and IRS officer Brahmananda Reddy, who were arrested with regard to Vanpic issue, was over. The CBI grilled them continuously on the 10th day on Sunday also taking them to Dilkusha Guest House from Chanchal Guda Jail. The CBI will produce them in CBI court on May 28. (NSS)
As the interrogation of the Kadapa MP and YSRCP chief YS Jagan moban Reddy by the CBI officials continued till late in the evening on the third day, Sunday, there was intense speculation and suspense over his arrest.
Condemning the Congress and the TDP revengeful attitude and using CBI as a weapon for their conspiracies, Telangana State Communist Party and Telangana State Workers Federation have said that the present conditions were reminding the emergency days.
The State BJP has demanded the ministers who were facing allegations for signing on disputed GOs during former Chief Minister late Dr YSR’s regime, to tender their resignations.