Month: July 2014

After their “conscious uncoupling”, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are now almost operating like a couple, reveals a source.

The pair announced their separation publicly in March. But they have been spotted together numerous times in the Hamptons this week, reports pagesix.com.

While the duo dined with their children Apple and Moses Monday evening, on Tuesday, Martin dropped into a sports store to pick up skateboards before heading to meet the children Apple and Moses at a joint.

A witness said” “They were operating like a couple, and with the kids looked like a happy family.”

Film: “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania”; Cast: Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt; Director: Shashank Shekhar; Rating: ***

Thank god for Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. The soul shivers in fear wondering which disaster zone this bland avatar of “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge” (DDLJ) would have headed to if these two actors hadn’t steered the rudderless revisionist saga to semblance of sensitivity.

According to the report of Mohammed Hamed Khan Principal Govt. ITI old city Hyderabad, the last date to submit application forms in all govt. and private ITs has been extended till July 31.

Application forms can be obtained from convenor ITI Mallepally and headquarters of other districts.

Siasat news

At least three security personnel were killed and two injured Saturday when militants attacked a checkpost near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

According to officials, the militants from across the border in Kunar province of Afghanistan attacked the security check-post in Bajaur tribal agency, Dawn online reported.

The victims included a senior security officer.IANS

The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in northern Yemen, calling for implementing the existing ceasefire agreements.

“The members of the Security Council have demanded that all armed groups and other parties involved in the current violence should disarm,” Xinhua quoted a UN statement as saying.

“The members of the Security Council demanded all armed groups and parties involved in the violence withdraw and relinquish control of Amran and hand over weapons and ammunition pillaged in Amran to government authorities,” the statement said.

Khloe Kardashian has confessed on a teaser for an upcoming episode of ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ that she knew that her estranged husband Lamar Odom was cheating and lied to cover him on her birthday.

The reality star revealed that she spent her birthday alone and Odom lied to her whole family, saying she was with Odom when in fact he was with someone else, the Mirror reported.

Khloe told Kourtney that Odom was doing all this press because he was on a new team but what he was saying was just not true.

Wearing plain Jane rubber slippers or old sandals should be passe in the monsoon season! Try putting your best foot forward with a range of fancy rain-friendly shoes.

Payal Kothari’s brand Veruschka has introduced its first rain-friendly shoe line Lotus Sutra, which offer chic style. The collection features strappy designs and wedge mules in varied colours like tan, pink and white.

The footwear also add sparkle to rainy day with chunky embellishments which are rain durable and trendy, said a statement.

Kim Kardashian, who was recently spotted at an event for the Kardashian Kids collection and military moms-to-be, said that pregnant women should never leave the house.

The 33-year-old reality star told Elle that she recommended hiding for a good year and having no pregnancy style and that’s what she recommend, Us Magazine reported.

The ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ star said that if one could hide then one shoulddo it, and one should wear a huge blanket. (ANI)

Showcasing a range of artefacts and curios across mediums and over the past two millennia, the National Museum (NM) has turned a new chapter by hosting an exhibition of a private donor for the first time in its 65-year history.

Close to 100 select sculptures, besides textiles, paintings, manuscripts, coins and textiles which octogenarian C L Bharany had lent to the museum in 1976 are now on display for more than a month at a specially designed gallery, as Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Shripad Naik inaugurated ‘A Passionate Eye’ being co-curated by three experts.

The shortlist for the 2014 Golden Ball, the prize awarded to the best player at the World Cup, has been announced by FIFA.

Three players from Argentina, Angel Di Maria, Javier Mascherano and Lionel Messi, have been nominated for the award while their opponents in Sunday’s final Germany have four nominees.

From Germany Mats Hummels, Toni Kroos, Phillip Lahm and Thomas Muller have been nominated, The BBC reported.

Colombia’s James Rodriguez, Brazil’s Neymar and Arjen Robben of Netherlands complete the 10-man shortlist.

A minor tsunami hit the Tohoku region in Japan near the Fukushima nuclear plant after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the pacific coast.

According to the Japan Times, there was no reported damage after the Earthquake and Tsunami.

The Meteorological Agency reported that the tsunami was observed to be 20 cm (7.8 inches) in Miyagi Prefecture, Ofunato, Ishinomaki, and Iwate Prefecture.

The city of Soma also witnessed 10 cm waves roughly 40km north of the Fukushima No.1 plant.

The report mentioned that at least three people have been injured.

Commenting on IIP figures released for May 2014-25, Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII said that the rise in industrial production for the second month in a row provides a glimmer of hope that the economy could be bottoming out and recovery could be on the anvil.

He further said in a statement that the favourable base effect of last year and the double digit export growth experienced during the month could have also contributed in boosting industrial activity during the month, but the overall trend is positive.

Check your age if you feel you have lost sex appeal among young women all of a sudden. Men who have turned 39 lose charm for young women as they are viewed more like father figures than sex symbols, a study reveals.

No chatting sessions or staying late at night to throw surprises was the top sign for younger women that a man has become “invisible”.

“The most obvious sign of the change is when a man is no longer eyed up by women when he goes out,” the survey by Crown Clinic, Manchester added.

Other signs included greying hair, double chin, thinning hair and having bad teeth.

India cemented their advantage in the first Test in Trent Bridge against England as the hosts suffered another batting collapse.

Having reached 134-1 on a docile pitch, England lost six wickets for 68 runs after lunch.

All rounder Stuart Broad provided some hope to the hosts as he led a recovery with a brisk 47 and a last-wicket stand of 54 between Joe Root and James Anderson also helped England gain a little pace on their home turf, The BBC reported.

However, England collapsed on 352-9, 105 runs short of their target.

The last rites of veteran actor Zohra Sehgal were performed on Friday in the presence of friends and family who remember her fondly.

The cremation of the 102-year-old actress, who died on Thursday, took place at Lodhi Road in the presence of her son Pawan, daughter Kiran and her grandchildren.

Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, actor Shabana Azmi, lyricist Javed Akhtar, theatre personality M K Raina and Prasar Bharti CEO Jawahar Sircar were among those who came to pay their last respects to Sehgal.

Pamela Anderson has suprised everyone by posting a lengthy and eyebrow-raising poem on her Facebook page soon after filing for divorce from Rick Salomon.

Her poem reveals her views on marriage and what she thinks about prostitution, report usmagazine.com.

“I love being in love but expectations make it impossible to be happy,” she writes in the poem.

“I’ve tried so hard maybe it’s not in fashion/tradition just seemed so romantic. I guess it’s a used up ideal for the old fashion.”

Bollywood’s young and raring to go actor Arjun Kapoor terms his mobile phone a “necessisity more than a luxury”, saying it provides him his dose of entertainment in between hectic work schedules.

“There are so many gadgets available in the market, but the most important remains the phone – at least for me! We work for long hours, so we literally can’t do anything else but be on the phone. It’s 24X7 entertainment for me and you can never get bored of your phone,” Arjun told IANS during a tete-a-tete here.

The tortoise, Brisk Birtie, has officially become the world record breaker recently by travelling 18ft at a 19.59 seconds jaw-dropping pace.

Bertie has beaten the time held by Charlie over 37 years ago, the Daily Star reported.

Marco Calzini, director of Adventure Valley where Bertie lives, said that the original record was set in 1977 which was 43.7 seconds so Bertie has definitely smashed the record.

Birtie has now just to pass the drug test. (ANI)

Marking the beginning of the first snake boat races in Kerala, the Chambakulam Moolam Boat Race started in the backwaters near Alleppey in Kerala.

The race is the first one of the season and from now on there will be more than 15 such small and big races during this season.

Nehru Trophy Snake Boat Race to be held in the second week of August is considered to the best among all.

Champakulam race which is held every year during the mid monsoon season was witnessed by scores of enthusiasts gathered from in and around the village.

Candidates of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) are today protesting outside the residence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, demanding an age relaxation for the aspirants of 2011 batch.

Tanay Rana, a UPSC aspirant told ANI, “The rule of the UPSC is that whenever the pattern or syllabus of the examination is changed, then appropriate age relaxation and attempts are provided. But the pattern which was changed in 2011, the victims of 2011 candidates were not given any relaxation or attempts.”

BJP MLC from Chandrapur Shobhatai Fadnavis has opposed Maharashtra Government’s decision to establish a wildlife sanctuary at Kanhalgaon near here, saying it will adeversely affect the livelihood of inhabitants of around 20 villages in the area.

The Ghanaian government has directed its Embassy in Brazil to liaise with authorities there to investigate some people claiming to be Ghanaians seeking asylum in that country.

Some 200 Ghanaian fans who went to Brazil to watch the Black Stars play in the World Cup have requested asylum, citing religious conflicts, reports Xinhua.

The fans, believed to be part of the government-sponsored squad to watch the FIFA World Cup, entered Brazil on tourist visas.

Preparations at the 20th Commonwealth Games’ village in Dalmarnock in south east of Glasgow are 98 percent ready to welcome 6,500 athletes and officials in a few days, said the organisers Friday.

At the press briefing for the first Village tour by accredited media, Venue Press Manager Andrew McMenamin said that delegates will be given the warmest Scottish welcome at the Games’ village with a home to home environment, reports Xinhua.

Telangana shutdown hits normal life.Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao expressed his deep discontent over the passing of the Ordinance incorporating amendments to the State Reorganisation Act by the Lok Sabha.

Life in Telangana, including in the State capital Hyderabad, has been hit by a bandh called by Telangana Joint Action Committee and Left parties making a voice disapproval against transferring 211 villages to Andhra Pradesh from Khammam district.

At least 10 persons were injured as two groups of students clashed at Purkazi town of the district here, police said.

SP (City) Sarvan Kumar told reporters here this morning that the clash occurred yesterday after a dispute broke out between the two groups over bathing in the canal here.

Kumar said it was students belonging to separate communities who were involved in the incident, which left several injured and also saw some vehicles being damaged.