US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, James Dobbins, on Thursday said that there is no prospect of any agreement with Taliban unless they distance themselves from international terrorism.
“We certainly agree that there is no prospect for improving relations with the Taliban or, any agreement with the Taliban, unless the issue of terrorism is directly addressed,” Dobbins said.
Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi were spotted promoting their upcoming film ‘Ghanchakkar’ along with film director Rajkumar Gupta in Gurgaon.
Balan, who was dressed in her character and looked quiet excited, said that she is proud to be a part of the film.
“All I want to say is that I a m really proud to be a part of this film and I feel even after 10, 20 or 30 years this film will be remembered as a path breaking film. As it is one of those rare times when a comic suspense thriller has been made in Indian Cinema,” the 35-year-old actress said.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a maiden visit to Mumbai after taking over as the chief of BJP”s poll panel, met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray here on Thursday.
The meeting that took place at Thackeray”s Matoshree residence here is seen as an attempt on Modi”s part to pacify sulking Udhav Thackeray, who had earlier expressed his displeasure over the Gujarat Chief Minister”s tall claims of rescuing 15,000 Gujaratis from flood ravaged Uttarakhand.
Pakistani government has formed a high level committee to investigate the emergency rule former military ruler had imposed in 2007, the Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said in the parliament on Thursday. Musharraf, who faces high treason charges for abrogating the constitution during his 1999-2008 rule, had imposed emergency rule in November 2007, and suspended the constitution. He had also placed dozens of top judges under house arrest who had refused to take oath under his Provisional Constitutional Order.
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi called on Wednesday for forming an independent commission to amend the constitution, with the participation of all political forces and parties. Morsi said so during a televised speech, only days before the planned massive protests against him to be held on June 30 which marks the first anniversary of his rule. The president has urged the interior minister to form a specialized unit to face the thugs” acts and the criminals who terrorize the citizens.
Wearing an acupressure wristband on the inner wrist is an effective and quick therapy for relieving nausea of migraine sufferers, according to a new study.
UK’s Law Commission has reportedly decided to review the Hate Crime law as viewed by criminal justice agencies in an attempt to provide fair justice to the victims. A crime is stated as a hate crime if the victim believes it to have been motivated by hostility or prejudice towards disability, gender identity, race, religion and sexual orientation, Daily Star reports.
Pakistan Supreme Court has adjourned the treason case against former president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf for an indefinite period.
Rachel Uchitel, whose divorce from Matt Hahn isn’t final yet, is reportedly meeting matchmakers to find her true love again.
According to spies at Arlington Club, Tiger Woods’ former flame was spotted meeting with Project SoulMate guru Jenn Zucher, who’s been on Bravo’s “Love Broker” with her partner Lori Zaslow, the New York Post reported.
Uchitel is currently negotiating with Hahn, who filed for divorce just after one and a half year of marriage. (ANI)
The Department of History, Osmania University is organizing a Two-day National Seminar on “Interpreting Deccan History” on 28th and 29th June, 2013 at OUCIP at 10 am.
Osmania University Vice chancellor Prof. S Satyanarayana will inaugurate the Seminar. Prof. Brahmanand, ARSD College, Delhi University and Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray, Chairperson, National Monuments Authority, New Delhi, will deliver the keynote addresses.
Prof. V Ravindra Sastry, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, OU will preside and Prof. S Mallesh, Principal, Arts College, OU will be the Guest of Honour.
The Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who is in New Delhi today morning held a review meeting at AP Bhavan with officials over phone and asked about the progress in search operations for untraced victims.
He reviewed rescue & relief measures with Union Minister Balaram Naik, State Ministers Sridhar Babu and Uttam Kumar Reddy and Senior officials of the State who are deputed to oversee the relief operations.
The Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy today thanked the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi for agreeing in principle for the removal of FCI’s (Fertiliser Corporation of Inida) Ramagundam Plant from the BIFR’s (Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction) list of sick industries and for initiating action for its revival.
The Government of India agreed in principle to establish a gas-based Fertiliser Plant at Ramagundam Plant with an estimated cost of Rs 5,000 crs with latest technology.
India is expected to generate USD 7.5 billion from Analytics Export alone, according to National Association of Software Services Companies (NASSCOM) 2020 vision.
Three Hyderabad students bagged International Olympiad Award for the year 2012 and 2013.
Presented by Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) three Hyderabad students K Sneha Reddy, Aahwan Reddy and Yashwanth Reddy did the city proud by bagging top ranks in International Maths Olympiad (IMO) and National Science Olympiad (NSO) category. The British Council and BBC Knowledge associated with SOF for the Olympiads.
The Hyderabad Regional Passport Office (RPO) has received the best passport office award for 2012-13 from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for rendering outstanding services to the applicants.
“The office has shown the best performance in the past two years and won the special jury award at the Regional Passport Officers conference in New Delhi on June 25,” regional passport officer K Srikar Reddy told reporters today.
DMK president M. Karunanidhi Thursday urged the central and the Tamil Nadu state governments to act to protect the livelihood of workers from the state who have been affected by the new labour law in Saudi Arabia.
In a statement issued here, Karunanidhi said a large number of Tamil workers have been working in Saudi Arabia, and living with their families there.
“The central and the state governments should intervene and take steps to protect their livelihood, so they can continue to live there,” Karunanidhi said.
Around 81 per cent people get disturbed when they see their doctors smoking and would not like to be treated by one who smoke in front of him, according to a survey.
Sixty-seven per cent of the respondents of the survey, conducted by city-based Heart Care Foundation, also believe doctors should have legible handwriting and favoured an electronic prescription.
The findings of the survey were made public by Foundation president Dr K K Aggarwal here today.
The flood situation in Assam took a serious turn today with over 100 villages inundated and nearly 50,000 affected people so far.
Ten more villages have been affected in worst-hit Dhemaji district taking the total to 35. An additional 10,000 people have been hit, the district administration said.
“There has been no casualty so far,” an official said.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said that apart from Dhemaji, 70 villages have been affected in Golaghat, Kamrup, Karimganj and Jorhat districts.
Accusing the Congress-led UPA government of all-round failure, BJP president Rajnath Singh Thursday said the people were yearning for a change and expressed hope that his party would bag 40 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 general elections.
Addressing a press conference here on the second day of his visit to the state, he also accused the Congress of trying to hoodwink the people with new schemes.
The last rites of soldier M. Yadaiah, killed in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir three days ago, were performed Thursday with military honours in Andhra Pradesh.
The cremation took place in his native Kondareddypalle village of Mahabubnagar district, about 90 km from here.
The arrangements for the last rites were made under the supervision of Major General Cyrus A. Pithawalla, general officer commanding, Andhra sub-area, said a defence statement.
Sonakshi Sinha has no desire to become size zero and would rather like her body of work to speak on her behalf.
Sonakshi, 26, will be seen opposite Ranveer Singh in period drama `Lootera`, where she plays a Bengali girl of 1950s.
When asked whether she would like to have a size zero body on TV show `Comedy Nights with Kapil` by an audience member, Sonakshi shot back, “Do you have a problem with Indian actresses being voluptuous? I am here to act and not be size zero.”
Terming the UPA government as a ‘failure’ on all fronts during its nine year rule, BJP president Rajnath Singh today asked all opposition parties to make the country ‘Congress-free’.
‘Congress-led UPA has proved a failure on all fronts be it economic issues, internal or external security or diplomatic strategies,’ Singh, who was flanked by BJP’s UP in-charge Amit Shah, told reporters here.
To divert the attention of people from its failure, Congress wants that a debate should start on secularism versus communalism, he said.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday met Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray shortly after his arrival here.
The meeting took place before Modi went to address a Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) core committee meeting in the city where he was accorded a rousing reception.
Details of what transpired at the Modi-Thackeray meeting were not available. The Shiv Sena is the oldest ally of the BJP.
Party leaders including state president Devendra Fadnavis and hundreds of activists welcomed him at the Mumbai airport.
A Mumbai court Thursday extended the judicial custody of Sooraj Pancholi, charged with abetting the suicide of Bollywood actress Nafisa alias Jiah Khan, till July 11.
Pancholi, 22, son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, was produced before the Andheir magistrate after the expiry of his judicial custody in the morning.
At the hearing, the police prosecutor opposed Sooraj’s bail plea on grounds that the probe into Jiah’s case was at a critical state and his release on bail could hamper investigations.
The Pakistan government has formed a high-level committee to investigate the emergency rule imposed by former president Pervez Musharraf in 2007, Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan told parliament Thursday.
Musharraf, who faces high treason charges for abrogating the constitution during his 1999-2008 rule, had imposed emergency rule in November 2007, and had suspended the constitution.
He had also placed dozens of top judges, who had refused to take oath under his provisional constitutional order, under house arrest.