The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted five weeks’ bail to Rekha Sharma, convicted along with former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in a teacher-recruitment scam, in view of her dughter’s marriage Feb 6.
Rekha Sharma, then senior lecturer, District Institute of Education and Training, was sentenced to four years of jail on Jan 22. She had moved the high court seeking bail to solemnize the marriage of her daughter.
Vertically challenged men get the short end of the stick when it comes to marriage, as a study shows that husbands tend to be taller than their wives.
Information on thousands of British couples revealed that in the vast majority – 92.5 percent – the man was taller, the Daily Mail reported.
Women had the edge in only 4 percent of the couples investigated and couples of equal height were even rarer, making up the remaining 3.5 percent.
A high profile inter-state sex racket was busted by city crime branch in which twelve girls including nine from other countries, were rescued and five alleged procurers arrested, police said today.
The operation was carried out in an apartment in the plush Koregaon park area on Monday night on a tip-off by a local municipal corporator and with the help of a decoy customer, said Bhanupratap Barge, Inspector, social security cell of Pune police crime branch.
“In My City” might be Priyanka Chopra’s first international single, but the actress made it a point to retain the Indianness by adding some desi dance moves in the video.
“I wanted to give it an Indian flavour in terms of dancing. I wanted the world to see what Bollywood is all about,” Priyanka said at the unveiling of the video held here Tuesday.
“I wanted that the identity of the song should be Indian. I am very India-proud. When people see my video, they must feel that Bollywood is like this,” she added.
A court in Andhra Pradesh’s Nizamabad district Wednesday sent MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi to police custody for two days in another case related to his hate speech.
The court allowed police to question the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator for two days on Feb 1 and 2.
Owaisi is currently lodged in a jail in Adilabad district in the hate speech case.
The court in Nizamabad Jan 24 had sent him to judicial custody till Feb 7 for delivering a hate speech in the town Dec 8.
Nizamabad is some 175 km and Adilabad and about 300 km from Hyderabad.
Prophet Muhammad [Sallellahu Alaihi Wa Sallam] was, in his youth, a combination of the best social attributes. He was an exemplary man of weighty mind and faultless insight. He was favoured with intelligence, originality of thought and accurate choice of the means leading to accurate goals. His long silence helped favourably in his habit of meditation and deep investigation into the truth. His vivid mind and pure nature were helpfully instrumental in assimilating and comprehending ways of life and people, individual and community-wise.
Australia will announce their cricket squad for next month’s much-anticipated Test tour of India here tomorrow.
File Photo”The Australian Test squad for the approaching VB Tour of India will be named tomorrow in Perth by Cricket Australia National Selector John Inverarity,” CA said in a statement.
The four-match series will start on February 22 and the games will be held in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mohali and Delhi.
The schedule of the Test matches is as follows:
First Test — MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai — Feb 22 to 26.
While success for most people means fame and money, actor Hrithik Roshan says for him it is all about how well one manages time and fit in everything one likes into daily routine.
“My entire journey has made me realise success in a very different perspective. According to me, success is not about the fame, it’s not about the money, it’s not about the glory. Success is how you can manage your time, it’s the art of time management,” the 39-year-old said here Tuesday at the launch of watch brand Rado’s signature collection.
Seizing an emerging consensus on immigration reform, President Barack Obama asked the US Congress to act fast to offer a “pathway to citizenship” for over 11 million illegal immigrants, including 240,000 from India.
Unveiling his own plan at a campaign style event at a Hispanic majority high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, Obama Tuesday warned that if Congress does not act “in a timely fashion” he will propose a bill “and insist that they vote on it right away.”
Lamenting the double standards faced by women around the world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hopes to see “big changes” in India following the horrific gang rape of an Indian woman in New Delhi.
“The young woman who essentially was raped and then died of her terrible injuries, who knows what she could have contributed to India’s future?” she said Tuesday in what was described as a “Global Townterview” at the Newseum here.
Reality show contestant and dancer Dharmesh, who makes his acting debut with “ABCD: AnyBody Can Dance”, says he had a habit of imitating a lot of actors in his bathroom and that is something that helped him face the camera.
“I wasn’t exactly interested in acting. I liked to do something unique, like following Paresh Rawal or copying Salman (Khan) bhai’s unique dance style and how he moves, his dialogue delivery. So, I have copied all these things and I practiced all this in the bathroom,” Dharmesh said in an interview.
Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu today said Congress would be decimated in 2014 Lok Sabha elections owing to its failure on all fronts notwithstanding the emphasis that party is laying on projecting gen next leaders.
“Nobody will be able to save Congress party from facing defeat in general elections. As and when elections are held, that party will suffer a humiliating defeat…Congress would be reduced to double digit in 2014 Lok Sabha polls”, Naidu told reporters here.
Girls of a college were allegedly teased and threatened by boys of the same institution here, police said today.
Some boys of DAV College entered into the LLB class room and teased the girl students when they were alone and threatened them here yesterday,” police said.
The police has registered a case against a student Nimesh Choudhry and his two friends in this connection.
All the accused are absconding.
Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Wednesday said the creation of a separate state of Telangana was a work in process and progress.
“I have said (on Telangana) that it is in the process,” he told media here.
He had earlier said that the contentious Telangana statehood demand would be delayed further, as the government needed more time to arrive at a final decision.
Shinde had set a one-month deadline for a decision in December when he had invited two representatives from each party to know their views afresh on the Telangana issue in New Delhi.
Following some senior BJP leaders backing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate, a senior Janata Dal-United leader Wednesday made a strong pitch for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the post.
“There are several names doing the rounds for the post of PM. But Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is best among them,” JD-U legislator from Chandi, Hari Kishore Singh told IANS by telephone.
The faintly heard traffic commotion does not affect the serenity of 5, Tees January Marg, a leafy avenue in the heart of the Indian capital, where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life and where he was assassinated on Jan 30, 1948.
The expansive premises, which houses a museum that showcases the life and philosophy of the man Indians revere as the Father of the Nation, it is difficult to imagine that the man who always preached peace was violently killed by a Hindu zealot, Nathuram Godse.
President Barack Obama’s claim that he goes skeet shooting ‘all the time’ at Camp David has been met with skepticism, and a challenge from one Republican congresswoman who offered to test his skills in a competition.
Obama embraced the hobby when he was asked by The New Republic magazine if he’s ever fired a gun.
According to the New York Daily News, the Democratic president said that yes he has indulged into skeet shooting at Camp David all the time.
The comment came as a surprise to people on both sides of the gun control debate.
Civic administration in the UAE is cracking down on the sellers and users of paan, confiscating 400 kgs of the banned substance from shops in downtown Al Ain.
Paan, which is mainly consumed by expatriates from the sub-continent, poses serious public health risks besides being an environment pollutant.
The users spit a red mixture onto the streets which is difficult to remove when dried, a practice which is reportedly on the rise in the city, Gulf News reports.
Brazil’s Congress has been asked to enact a new federal bill in an attempt to strengthen safety regulations ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
The move comes after a blaze that killed more than 230 people in a nightclub and prompted a national debate about existing legislation.
According to the BBC, the new bill would cover the licensing of clubs and mass events, as well as fire prevention measures.
It would take precedence over the many state and city laws that exist.
The hazards of breathing outdoor air in some Chinese cities have been well-documented. Now a University at Buffalo study has confirmed that breathing indoor air also carries significant cancer risks, especially for Chinese women.
The UB study, published online this month, in the journal Cancer Causes & Control, found that indoor air pollution that generates fine particulate matter is a key contributor to the high rates of lung cancer among Chinese women, despite the fact that few of them smoke.
With just two days to for the premiere of the much awaited movie, “Midnight’s Children”, filmmaker Deepa Mehta and author of the book on which the movie has been made Salman Rushdie presented the first look of it in India”s showbiz capital Mumbai.
Mehta and Rushdie were accompanied by the cast of the film, including actors Shriya Saran, Shahana Goswami and Rahul Bose.
Rushdie was visibly impressed with the work done in bringing the vision of his film to life onscreen.
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan says that if the ban on his controversial film “Vishwaroopam” is not lifted, he might have to look out for a “secular state” and that can be out of the country.
“I have lost all my property for the film, so I have nothing to lose, but choose now. If the judgment is not favourable for me, I have to look out for a secular state abroad. We will get away from this place but will have lot of good memories,” the 58-year-old told reporters at a press conference here.
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan today launched a new set of awards – the Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) that would honour and recognise excellence in Hindi cinema.
“I am happy and fortunate to be here to launch this. We want to put India on the global platform. We want to put our best foot forward. It is a great platform,” Shah Rukh Khan told reporters here.
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Member of State Legislative Council and deputy leader TDP Mr. Ibrahim bin Abdullah Masqati held Congress party and central government responsible for Telangana deadlock and said that Congress like always has played with people’s sentiments and it will have to face the music.
Man strangulated wife to death
(Siasat News): A man allegedly strangulated his wife to death in Medchal. According to police, Deepika, 23, was the wife of one Sudarshan, resident of Medchal.
She died in suspicious circumstances. As per the details, Sudarshan was harassing her for more dowry and used to torture her to get his demand met.
Deepika could not tolerate the harassment and ended her life whereas it is alleged that she was killed by her husband.
Police has registered a case and further investigations are on.