There is some good news coming for all the diehard fans of Salman Khan.
Buzz has it that the Dabangg superstar might shake a leg with his former ladylove Katrina Kaif in an item song.
The song will apparently feature in director Sawan Kumar Tak’s untitled film, which will be a sequel to 1983 super-hit ‘Souten’.
And the rumour mongers say that the veteran filmmaker has approached both Khan and Kaif for the song.
Earlier this week, Pakistan’s polio campaign suffered a major setback when a volunteer in the vaccination campaign was killed and her colleague wounded in a militant attack near Peshawar.
Pakistan is taking oral vaccination tips from India, which has been polio-free for over two years, and wants to replicate its success story, the head of the neighbouring country’s polio programme says.
“But what hinders Pakistan in containing the dreaded virus is insurgency, violence and illiteracy,” Pakistan National Polio Plus Committee Chairman Aziz Memon said in an interview during a visit here.
Police in Egypt have released a group of tourists who had been earlier detained for allegedly shooting a pornographic movie in the popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
A group of 10 naked men and women were noticed Saturday on the Giftun Islands, a popular excursion from Hurghada, by a patrol officer who thought they were shooting a porn scene.
The suspects, who came from Georgia, were taken to a police department.
The Syrian army has seized two cylinders of nerve agent Sarin in an operation in Hama city, Press TV reported.
The containers were found in militant hideouts in al-Faraieh area, which has been the scene of fighting between troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and the opposition armed groups, the TV channel said.
Sarin is a colourless, odourless liquid gas which causes respiratory arrest and death.
The poisonous agent has been classified as a weapon of mass destruction in UN Resolution 687, Press TV said.
A group of activists in the central Russian city of Yaroslavl have planted potatoes in street potholes across the city “to see if these potatoes will grow sooner than the city authorities repair the roads”.
Road construction and repair in Russia is notoriously inefficient, with funds allocated for road maintenance often embezzled or misused.
The quality of the road surface in many parts of the country remains extremely poor, even when highways are frequently repaired.
Separate Telangana Movement has turned into major storm and no one can stop it now. Mr. K.Chandrasekhar Rao President of TRS told this at a public meeting held at Nizam College yesterday. Congress MP’s Mr. G.Vivek, Mr. Manda Jagannadham and former APCC President Dr. K.Keshava Rao joined TRS. In addition to these leaders former TDP leaders Mr. P.Chandrashekara Roa, Ex- Law minister, Mr. Venkatesh Goud Mr. Janardhan Reddy, Mr. Manik Reddy and CPI leader Mr. Mohd Yousuf also joined TRS.
A teenage girl, who went out for an evening walk, was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped in a moving car by three men in north-west Delhi, police said today. The incident took place in Nangloi area late last night and the trio — Anwar (30), a property dealer, Sandeep (32), a mobile shop owner, and Anish (35), a guard, were arrested today. The girl had gone out for a walk after dinner when the trio kidnapped her in a car and raped her, police said.
Common Entrance Test for admission into B.Ed Colleges in the State for the academic year 2013-14 will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Candidates who come late by a minute won’t be allowed to enter the examination hall. Mr. N.Venkat Rao, Convener of EDCET 2013 told this. He also said that elaborate arrangements have been made to ensure the conduct of EDCET without any irregularities. He also that 287 test centers have been setup in 42 cities of the state. This time 1, 47, 865 candidates have registered their application. Hall tickets have been sent to candidate w.
Saudi Arabia has reported that three more people have died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 24.
The Ministry of Health said today the three deceased were among 38 infected in the kingdom with the respiratory virus called MERS.
It says two of the three whose deaths were reported today were suffering from chronic diseases.
The World Health Organization said the new germ was first seen in the Middle East and that it had killed about 800 people in a global epidemic in 2003.
Dr. Meer Yousuf Ali, Postgraduate Professor of the Dept. of Medicine of Nizamia Tibbi College, has been appointed as its Principal. Commissioner of AYUSH has issued orders in this regard. Yousuf Ali took charge of his post on 31st may 2013. He was appointed as medical officer at Maheshwaram in 1991. Later, he worked at Nampally Unani Dispensary. On completion of MD in Medicine, he was appointed as Asst. Professor in Dept of Medicine of the same college. He was promoted as Reader in 2006 and Professor in 2010.
–_Siasat News
Family members of terror-accused Khalid Mujahid, who died in police custody, have demanded that a report by a panel which probed his arrest be made public by June 6, failing which they would go on a fast-unto-death.
“If the government does not make the report public by June 6, then we and our sympathisers will start a fast-unto-death in front of the Vidhan Bhawan in Lucknow,” said Zaheer Alam Falahi, Mujahid’s uncle.
Mujahid, an accused in a serial blasts case, died on May 18 while being taken to jail after a court hearing in Faizabad.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is eagerly waiting for monsoon to arrive in Mumbai.
“The monsoons have reached Kerala and the Lakshdweep islands… This is a good sign… A week later, traditionally, they should be over Mumbai… This is an indicator of a normal monsoon. We survive and depend on this rain phenomena and much of India’s produce depends on its performance – the monsoons I mean,” the actor posted on his blog.
The 70-year-old actor remembers the joyous moments of monsoons.
“Slumdog Millionaire” star Frieda Pinto announced that she and her co-star James France will not return to reprise their roles in the sequel of “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”.
The 28-year-old actress, who played a primatologist, Caroline Aranha, in the 2011 film will not be part of the “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”, reported Digitalspy.
It has been reported that the producers are moving ahead with a whole new cast.
Former captain Anil Kumble today said India will miss the services of Sachin Tendulkar when they enter the field for the first time without the batting great in a world-level tournament but insisted the team has enough young talent to do the job in the Champions Trophy.
“It is never easy but the Indian team has a good set-up. It will be the first time it will be in a world championship without the great man but I strongly believe the India team has a good record and a good team to go out there and do really well,” Kumble was quoted as saying in an ICC release.
Hitting out at leaders in Andhra Pradesh who have quit the party to join TRS, Congress today alleged that they have defected for personal gains and to ensure tickets for their kin in the coming elections and not for the Telangana cause.
“Unfortunately, the people who are joining today, they are joining as an individual in the capacity to make politics as a business, trade,” AICC General Secretary and in-charge of Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
The legendary dabbawalas (lunch-box carriers) in Mumbai, known for their management skills, will feature in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) conference to be held in Dubai on June 4 and 5.
Arvind Talekar, spokesperson of Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers’ Trust (NMTBST) said that he would represent the 5,000 dabbawalas in the metro at the two-day ‘Third GCC Government Organisations Third and Fourth Line Leaders’ Development Conference’.
Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi’s counsel Mehmood Abdi today said N Srinivasan was behaving like a “banana republic dictator” and called the outcome of the BCCI Working Committee meeting in Chennai as “fore drawn conclusion”.
Srinivasan today stepped aside as the President of the BCCI till the probe into the spot-fixing scandal in the IPL-6 is completed against his son-in-law and CSK Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan, arrested on charges of betting.
Jagmohan Dalmiya will take over as the interim chief of the BCCI looking after the day-to-day affairs.
Actor Suniel Shetty rues how the entire Hindi film fraternity has come under the scanner following actor Vindu Dara Singh’s alleged involvement in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal. Suniel asserts Vindu alone doesn’t represent the industry.
“It doesn’t mean that entire Bollywood is like this. He (Vindu) doesn’t represent Bollywood. One individual never represents an industry,” Suniel said here at the unveiling of ICC Champion’s Trophy 2013 Cup Friday. He was at the event with cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle.
Pakistan’s troubled leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has sought permission from the PCB to play in local T20 tournaments, held in the month of Ramazan.
Kaneria has also told the Board that he is ready to face any inquiry and that the PCB and its legal team should take up his case with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
“The way things stand I see no future for myself in cricket because my case is being delayed and I am not getting justice from the ECB,” he told PTI.
Hemant Godse, an MNS leader from Nashik, today joined Shiv Sena with his supporters.
Nephew of former Shiv Sena MP Rajabhau Godse, Hemant is a corporator and had contested from Nashik in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections against Samir Bhujbal (NCP) and lost by a narrow margin.
He joined Shiv Sena in the presence of party president Uddhav Thackeray at the latter’s residence ‘Matoshree’ here.
Godse alleged there was a tacit alliance between NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal, and MNS chief Raj Thackeray’s close aide and MLA, Vasant Gite.
Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar believe Pakistan have a realistic chance of winning the ICC Champions Trophy in England.
They said the key to success in English conditions would be a collective effort from the Pakistan team.
“There is talent in the team and there is balance but to win everyone, they will have to contribute on the match day in a big tournament like the Champions Trophy,” Akhtar said.
He also felt that Pakistan’s opening match against the West Indies will be the most crucial one for them.
Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi today termed the BCCI Emergent Working Committee meeting in Chennai the “biggest cover-up in cricket” and said having Jagmohan Dalmiya as head of an interim set-up was not the solution.
“Biggest coverup in cricket has begun. N Srinivasan with co conspirator Arun Jaitley and Rajiv Shukla,” Modi said.
With an eye on upcoming polls, the youth wing of BJP has planed to target the rural and unskilled youth who are most affected by unemployment and inflation.
The decision was taken at the first National Executive meeting of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha which concluded here. The meeting also resolved to reach out to youths between the age group of 18 to 25 years across the country.
Focus of the meeting was corruption and inflation and the BJYM’s future plan of action to raise these issues on a national level.
The principal of a state-run high school was killed by Taliban fighters in a region near Peshawar city of northwest Pakistan, according to a media report today.
Dozens of heavily armed militants entered the home of Haji Rehman at Pastawana in Frontier Region Peshawar last night and shot him.
Rehman died instantly, local residents were quoted as saying in a report on the website of The Express Tribune.
It was not clear why Rehman was targeted.
Local residents said he had developed differences with the militants and this led to his death.
The Israeli military today said that it has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook.
The incident was the latest in a string of episodes involving young Israeli soldiers on social media that have drawn reprimand from the military.