It’s yet another Bollywood actor who has been caught in a controversy. A 70-year-old woman was allegedly mowed down under the wheels of Actor Sohail Khan’s car on Sunday midnight near Bandra in Mumbai.
The woman who was rushed to a nearby hospital was declared brought dead by doctors. According to reports, Sohail Khan was not present in the vehicle when his driver Dhananjaya Pimpale was driving the car.
A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the assault on Congress MLA Rumi Nath and her second husband at a Karimganj hotel which sparked off violent protests and bandh in south Assam’s Barak Valley.
Karimganj Deputy Commissioner Debeswar Malakar today ordered the inquiry into the incident. The report of the inquiry is to be submitted within 15 days, official sources said.
In another development, three personnel security officers of the MLA were suspended due to dereliction of duty.
Writing a letter to GHMC Commissioner and all district collectors of the states, Minority Welfare Minister Mr. Mohammad Ahmedullah directed them to complete arrangements before July 5.
Mr. Mohammed Ahmedullah directed the officials to clean mosques and graveyards, white-wash them and make lighting arrangements.
He directed the officials to complete arrangements well before time and submit report. Mr. Ahmedullah told that Muslims go to the graveyards and recite fatiha on the occasion of Shab-e-Barat, hence they should not face any difficulty.
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Hajj pilgrims should not wear dress of their choice during their stay in Madina Munawwara, instead try to keep in mind, the liking of Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him). Best dress should be worn in Madina Munawwara and the best dress is that which is liked by Prophet Mohammed (peace and blessings be upon him). Maulana Mohammad Jamalur Rahman Miftahi Quadri told this while addressing training camp conducted for Hajj aspirants at Hajj house.
There is an ancient graveyard on main road of Pan Mandi, Darus Salam. The graveyard had a small temporary room, the supervisor of the graveyard used to live in. But after a few days, two more concrete rooms were constructed, out of the blue. Many graves were demolished for the construction of the rooms. When our correspondent talked to him he told that ‘the mutavali of the mosque gave permission to do so and we are paying the rent to the mutavali.’
Siasat daily organised a pre-counseling session and seminar at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat premises, Abids to provide information and guidance regarding EAMCET counseling.
Rise of political interest among youth, will ensure country’s development as youth’s participation in politics with new thinking, will work for recuperation of country’s future.
Addressing a public meeting held at CPI headquarters, Makhdoom Bhawan, former Rajya Sabha MP, Syed Aziz Pasha expressed these views. The meeting was held on the occasion of hundreds of youth of Amberpet assembly constituency, joining CPI.
Telangana Elders Forum will hold a joint advisory meeting of leaders of Pro Telangana organisations on Monday, July 2, 5 pm at Madina Education Centre, Nampally, to reflect upon the present political situation and collective future strategy.
Maulana Hamed Mohammad Khan, president MPJ and honourable member Elders Forum, will preside over. Mr. Aliuddin Quadri will present proposal for collective future strategy.
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A public Qazi invited to perform the Nikah on the occasion of mass marriages conducted in Hyderabad city, set a bad very example and put blemish on the profession of Qazi. He left without performing poor girls’ Nikah. Head Qazi Yakutpura even stopped his naebs to perform Nikah of 6 poor and destitute girls.
Mass marriages were being conducted by Anjuman Falah-e-Muashera and it is alleged that the Qazi left without performing Nikah on monetary dispute.
According to Mr. Ahmed Basheeruddin Farooqui, retd. DEO, 4 colleges for boys of Muslim minority are running in LB Nagar Guntur, Nagaram (Nizamabad) and Kurnool. MPC, Bi.PC and CEC courses are offered in Urdu and English media and a new Girls’ College has been established in Vayalpadu, Chittoor district from this academic year.
Producer Kumar Taurani`s ‘Jayanta Bhai Ki Luv Story’, starring Vivek Oberoi and Neha Sharma, will hit the big screen in October this year.
“We are happy to announce our next venture `Jayanta Bhai Ki Luv Story`, which will release October this year. The shoots have been on schedule and we are very excited with the way things are shaping up. We can`t wait for the film to hit theatres,” Taurani said in a statement.
The film is a romantic comedy.
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Hema Malini had invited Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her daughter Esha`s wedding with Bharat Takhtani. She says that the two couldn`t come due to security reasons and that the latter has invited the newly wed couple at her residence.
If it would have been in Delhi, they would have made it. It`s a sweet gesture from Sonia Gandhi that she has sent Esha and Bharat an invite that whenever they are in Delhi, they should go to her place for lunch or dinner,” the actress told IANS.
Every four minutes, one person takes his own life in this country and one in every five suicides is that of a housewife.
This and other startling figures are part of a government report ‘Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India 2011’ released here recently.
According to the report, the number of suicides have increased in 2011 by 0.7 per cent to touch 1,35,585 compared to 1,34,599 in the previous year.
A British woman delivered a child in coma but lost any memory of even being pregnant at the first place as she gained consciousness a fortnight later at the hospital.
Emma Mynors, 23, was rushed to a hospital after falling unconscious with pneumonia and suffering two strokes. Two weeks into the coma, she began to go into labour prematurely at 29 weeks, The Sun reported.
Nurses carrying out a routine examination of Mynors noticed that she was delivering a child. She gave birth to a baby girl naturally.
Recently-retired Rahul Dravid on Sunday indicated that he is open to the idea of coaching the Indian cricket team in future.
“Who knows someday in the future,” Dravid answered when asked if he would be interested in taking up coaching responsibility of the Indian team in future.
Though he refrained from making a commitment, Dravid pointed out his stint with Rajasthan Royals in this year`s IPL when he was the captain-cum-mentor of the side.
“I don`t know. Lot of things that I have not decided on. I don`t have the level 1, 2, 3 certificates that people want sometimes”.
A section of pilots of the near- bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines went on strike on Sunday to protest against non-payment of salaries for the past five months, forcing the airline to cancel its ATR-operated flights.
Following the strike, the airline management has deployed executive pilots to carry out truncated operations, sources in the airline said.
An airlines spokesperson confirmed this development, but did not provide any other details.
A section of pilots of the near- bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines went on strike on Sunday to protest against non-payment of salaries for the past five months, forcing the airline to cancel its ATR-operated flights.
Following the strike, the airline management has deployed executive pilots to carry out truncated operations, sources in the airline said.
An airlines spokesperson confirmed this development, but did not provide any other details.
A total of 126 couples hailing from underprivileged backgrounds, tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony here Sunday.
Under the aegis of the city-based Vishwa Jagriti Mission Trust, the couples – all from the backward and tribal community and coming from various rural belts of West Bengal – were marrried in the presence of Trinamool Congress leader and state Public Health Engineering Minister Subrata Mukherjee.
“I am so happy and I sincerely hope we have a happy married life ahead,” said Tanmay Gayen after his marriage to Mamata Sardar.
Opener Chris Gayle has praised the West Indies batting following their 56-run win over New Zealand in the opening Twenty20 International here but said it was important the Caribbean side kept up the pressure in Sunday’s second match.
The left-handed Gayle was at the centre of the victory, paving the way for the Windies’ total of 209 for two with a measured but flamboyant innings of 85 not out, reported Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
A special court here Sunday sent four accused in a corruption racket, involving officials of the canteen stores department (CSD) of the defence ministry and a private company, to CBI custody till July 6, an official said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted the racket related to supplies at the defence canteen Saturday.
The court remanded all the four accused in police custody till July 6, a CBI official said.
Congress MP K.Sudhakaran Sunday asserted he would make himself available before the special police team probing a case of attempted murder against him but CPI-M legislator T.V.Rajesh and his party colleague were not keen to follow him in two other cases.
“I wholeheartedly welcome the probe and I will make myself available to the SIT (special investigating team) at any time they ask me to appear before them,” Sudhakaran told reporters here.
Myanmar President Thein Sein’s visit to Bangladesh has been postponed due to ongoing ethnic tensions in that country.
Dhaka made the announcement Sunday following foreign secretary level talks between the two countries here, Xinhua reported.
Myanmar president was scheduled to start his three-day official tour July 15.
A state of emergency was clamped in Myanmar’s Rakhine state following clashes between Muslims and Buddhists last month. Dozens of people had died.
Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes said a new date will be announced soon.
Football fans across Spain celebrated their country’s 4-0 win over Italy in the final of the European Championship Sunday night.
Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata gave Spain the win against the Italians in Kiev.
Spain were crowned European Champions in Austria in 2008 and followed that up with the World Cup in South Africa two years ago.
Tens of thousands of fans gathered outside Santiago Bernabeu Stadium here to watch the game on giant TV screens, while there were other giant screens in Seville and Valencia.
Singer Elton John has called for an end to violence against gay people following a spate of homophobic attacks in Ukraine.
The “Rocket Man” hitmaker performed at an Aids charity concert in Kiev Saturday.
In between songs he referenced newspaper reports of attacks on the gay community in the country, and made an emotional appeal to stop violence, reports contactmusic.com.
“Recently I read about violence against gay people in Ukraine. Beating up gay people is wrong. This for me does not symbolise Ukraine. I plead with you: Stop the violence against gay people,” he said.
A Russian spacecraft with three crewmembers on board returned to earth Sunday.
The Soyuz spacecraft landed safely in Kazakhstan, Russia’s mission control centre said.
The crew included Russian astronaut Oleg Kononenko, American Donald Pettit and Dutch Andre Kuipers.
It undocked from the International Space Station at 0448 GMT and landed on earth at 0815 GMT, Xinhua reported. The trio spent 193 days in space.
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