Actor Shahid Kapoor, who has been shooting hardcore action sequences for Prabhudheva’s “Rambo Rajkumar”, managed to escape a serious injury.
It happened Friday when the 32-year-old was shooting at Kamalistan Studio for a scene where he has to enter a burning house. He finished his shot and was stepping out of the burning house, when some hot chemical solution dripped on to his back and arms.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar filed a writ petition in Patna High Court today seeking the closure of a road constructed on her land at Chandwa village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district without consent.
Hearing the petition, a single bench of Justice Jaynandan Singh directed Principal Secretaries of Panchayati Raj and Rural Works Departments to submit their explanations in this regard by May 6.
The judge also asked the officials to tell the court about the policy of acquisition of such land.
The petition was filed by Kumar through her power of attorney holder Mukti Nath Tiwari.
As Indian cinema completes 100 years, actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan has revealed that he was keen on making a film to mark the centenary.
To celebrate the landmark of Indian cinema, four top Bollywood directors – Dibakar Banerjee, Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap – have directed ‘Bombay Talkies’, an anthology of four short stories.
“I was looking to make a film on 100 years of cinema…I wanted to do something but couldn’t do it.
–PTI
Studies continue to unlock the medicinal benefits of tea, which has been touted to help with everything from headaches to depression since Ancient times.
Nutritionist Patricia Bannan has provided eight reasons to why we should drink tea.
Tea contains a small amount of natural fluoride, a chemical that can help prevent tooth decay, she said.
When fluoride mixes with saliva, bacteria can’t produce the acid by-products that promote cavities. Additionally, fluoride works to repair teeth in the early stages of tooth decay, she explained.
P Vinay Kumar’s final-over assault during which he smashed birthday boy James Faulkner for three sixes propelled Royal Challengers Bangalore to a challenging 171 for six in their Pepsi Indian Premier League match against Rajasthan Royals here today.
Bangalore, who were 149 for six after the end of the 19th over, scored 22 runs in the innings’ last over with Vinay Kumar hitting Faulkner over deep mid-wicket, long on and over the bowler’s head for three sixes.
Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field first in their Indian Premier League clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Monday.
The squads:
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Abhinav Mukund, Virat Kohli (Captain), AB de Villiers, Saurabh Tiwary, Moises Henriques, Ravi Rampaul, Vinay Kumar, Murali Kartik, R.P. Singh, Jaydev Unadkat.
Pakistan’s government should take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of candidates and political activists at risk of attack from the Taliban and other militants, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
Parliamentary elections in Pakistan are scheduled for May 11.
Since April 21, when campaigning formally began, the Taliban and other armed groups have carried out more than 20 attacks on political parties, killing 46 people and wounding over 190.
Earlier in April, another 24 people were killed and over 100 injured in election-related attacks.
Majority of Pakistanis feel that Google is against Islam and Muslims, a survey has revealed. Twenty seven percent of Pakistanis think Google is indifferent towards Pakistan as it blocked the controversial video from YouTube in India, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia but not Pakistan. The survey conducted by Rozee Research to find out the effects of the YouTube ban on the educated segment of Pakistan, revealed that 60 percent thought Google is apathetic towards Muslims, reports The Express Tribune.
Sarabjit Singh will continue to receive treatment in Pakistan, said a medical panel formed to decide whether the Indian death row prisoner, who was grievously injured in an attack in Kot Lakhpat jail, needs to be taken abroad.
The four-member medical panel has shot down the possibility of Sarabjit Singh being sent abroad for specialised treatment and decided that he would continue to be treated in Pakistan, Geo News reported Monday.
The panel has informed the caretaker Punjab government of its decision, sources were quoted as saying.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is planning to interrogate Pakistan”s former Interior Minister Rehman Malik in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. This comes after former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf told interrogators that Malik had decided details of security for the Dec 27, 2007, public meeting in Rawalpindi where Bhutto was assassinated, reports The Dawn.
Around 60,000 Indian workers have registered in the Indian embassy in Riyadh and the consulate general in Jeddah in the wake of the new Saudi labour policy, according to India’s Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi.
These people have been rushing to take advantage of an amnesty scheme being offered by the country’s ruler King Abdullah, the Saudi Gazette reported Monday.
The new policy, called Nitaqat, makes it mandatory for all Saudi companies to reserve 10 percent of jobs for Saudi nationals.
Both houses of parliament were adjourned till Tuesday as the BJP Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation over the contentious issue of coal blocks allocation.
However, it was agreed at an all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to break the ongoing logjam that the crucial finance bill, along with the railway appropriation bill and the demands for grants of various ministries would be taken up Tuesday, said sources.
At least eight people were killed and 50 others injured when three car bomb attacks hit two cities in southern Iraq on Monday, an interior ministry source said.
Two car bombs exploded in a market in Amarah, some 300 km southeast of Baghdad, killing six people and wounding 30 others, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Another car bomb struck Diwaniyah, some 160 km southeast of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding 20 others, he added.
A 35-year-old Indian man in Bahrain was stabbed, allegedly by one of his employers, in a row after he went to collect his passport.
Radhakrishnan Thankappan Nair sustained injuries in his hand and shoulder and is being kept in the intensive care unit of the Salmaniya Medical Complex in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, the Gulf Daily News reported Monday.
According to the report, when Nair, hailing from Thiruvananthapuram in India’s Kerala state, went to get his passport ahead of a planned holiday, his employer allegedly told him that he would get it only if he signed a blank document.
Fearing that the truce it struck with the opposition to pass the financial bills Tuesday would collapse, the Congress Monday was concerned over the fate of the key food security bill and the land takeover bill.
The opposition BJP has been stalling parliament over the contentious coal block allocations and the 2G spectrum scam issues, demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation.
A 13-year-old victim of gang-rape, who was recuperating in hospital here after consuming an overdose of sleeping pills April 20, yet again tried to commit suicide late Sunday night at the hospital, her relatives said.
The girl was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) from Hedgewar Hospital April 22, after she had taken an overdose of sleeping pills following her gang-rape during nine days of captivity by her attackers.
Appealing for Sarabjit Singh’s release, India Monday asked Pakistan to take a “sympathetic and humanitarian” view on the Indian death row prisoner who is battling for life after being beaten in jail in Lahore.
The possibility of transferring Sarabjit Singh to India for treatment could be considered in order to provide him the “best medical treatment available here”, the ministry of external affairs said.
Two people were killed and seven others injured Monday after police opened fire to disperse an irate mob in Assam, forcing the administration to impose indefinite curfew in the violence-affected area.
Assam’s Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) S.N. Singh said the incident took place after the recovery of a man’s body from Rakshasini area of Goalpara district. The victim, Taher Ali, had been missing since Sunday evening.
Saudi Arabia and India have decided to form a joint committee to address all problems facing Indians working in the Gulf Arab nation, the Al Eqtisadiya newspaper reported on Monday.
The decision was made here on Sunday during the visit of India” s Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi.
The two sides have agreed to have more transparent recruitment policies for Indians in Saudi Arabia, the paper said, quoting Ravi, who also said there will be a memorandum of understanding for the best interests of employers and employees of both countries.
Many senior BJP leaders in Jharkhand have faced embarrassment as women claiming to be their ‘wives’ have spoken to the media.
The latest such episode involves Baijnath Ram, who was education minister in the Arjun Munda government till January.
On Saturday, Seema Rai, vice president of the Scheduled Castes Cell of the state, appeared before the media in New Delhi to say her “husband” had deserted her in a mall. The runaway husband, she said, was Ram, who is already married and a father of three.
An Australian Muslim teenager has claimed she was held against her will at a Brisbane service station after a worker confused company policy and refused to serve her. Hafsah Negussie, who wears a veil while in public, said she tried to pay for her goods and go, but claimed the attendant locked the doors when she attempted to leave, reports the Courier Mail. The incident, which occurred at a BP service station in Brisbane”s southside in December last year, was reported to police but no official report was filed until Negussie came forward again in April.
Bollywood star Aamir Khan celebrated his 25-year- long journey as a film star in Mumbai on Monday which coincided with 100 years of Indian cinema. The person hailed as the perfectionist said, “I am extremely happy to have been a part of the Indian film industry for so many years. Our film industry is celebrating its 100 years and I am lucky to have completed 25 years in it. I am thankful to my writers and directors and all those who have worked with me.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was fined $20,000 for his team’s slow over rate in their 14-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in a Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here Sunday.
At the end of the match, Chennai Super Kings were assessed to be two overs behind the required rate after allowances were taken into consideration.
Since it was his first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to minimum over-rate offences, Dhoni was fined $20,000.
The Australian government repatriated 25 more Sri Lankans who tried to illegally migrate, bringing the total number of boat people returned to over 1,000, the Australian embassy said Monday.
The group was advised of its status and that all its 25 members were subject to removal from Australia as none raised issues that engaged Australia’s international obligations, Xinhua quoted the statement as saying.
Without valid visa, the 25 had no legal right to remain in Australia, the statement said, adding that all were recent arrivals.
A 35-year-old-man was killed and five people, including two children, were injured after a speeding SUV hit a stationary truck and a motorcycle here, police said Monday.
The accident took place late Sunday night at Mehrauli in south Delhi.
“The Scorpio (sports utility vehicle), which was going towards Ghitorni village, first hit Sanjeev, who was crossing the road and then hit a parked motorcycle on which two children, aged 8 and 10 years, were sitting and then it rammed into a truck parked at the roadside,” said a police officer.