Pakistani actress Humaima Malick, who made her Bollywood debut with “Raja Natwarlal” this year, is happy to see people from India welcoming talent from her country.
Humaima recently attended the premiere of fellow Pakistani actor Fawad Khan’s first Hindi film “Khubsoorat” in Karachi and said that she is “pleased with Pakistani actors making big names internationally”.
The Speaker of Pakistan’s parliament today rejected a reference that sought Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification for allegedly lying to the National Assembly about seeking military’s help to end anti-government protests.
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq dismissed the reference and refused to forward it to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for a decision.
“Reference being legally and factually baseless does not result in any disqualification under Article 63(2) of the constitution and therefore, I decline to refer it the ECP,” he said.
Indian woman boxer Sarita Devi and her cousin Devendro Singh justifiably feel cheated, robbed and deprived of possible gold medals at the Incheon Asian Games.
Ever since the decision went against her, Sarita Devi was only seen crying inconsolably and she obviously took it to heart. That was evident from the way she refused to accept the bronze awarded to her for her semi-final loss in the lightweight division.
Union Minister for Transport and Rural Development Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the BJP is for development with true national spirit and is not against any community as projected by rival political parties.
Mr. Gadkari was in the city to campaign for party candidates Sudhir Mungatiwar and Nana Shamkule who are contesting Maharashtra assembly polls.
He said that his party is opposed to terrorism and it is Pakistan, who after humiliating defeats in three wars, has waged proxy war against India as well as fuelling hatred among Hindus and Muslims in India.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his side played a “complete game” to beat Kings XI Punjab and enter the Champions League T20 final here on Thursday.
“Overall I think it was a complete game for us,” said Dhoni after Chennai beat Punjab by 65 runs to enter the CLT20 final for the second time.
“I think Faf’s (du Plessis) innings was very crucial along with Bravo (Dwayne). Faf was rotating very well and he eased the pressure off Bravo,” he said of Bravo and du Plessis who smashed 67 and 46 runs respectively.
The Indian women’s kabaddi team beat Iran in the final to clinch the gold medal at the 17th Asian Games here Friday.
India beat Iran 31-21 Songdo Global University Gymnasium to continue their dominance in the discipline at the Asiad.
India won the gold in Guangzhou, four years ago — the first time women’s kabaddi was introduced in the Asiad. The men’s team have won all the six previous gold medals on offer at the Games.
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The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that more than 7,000 people have been diagnosed with infection of the Ebola virus disease in West Africa, a UN spokesperson said Thursday.
The number of Ebola cases has totalled 7,178, with 3,338 reported deaths based on the information provided by the health ministries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters at a press briefing, quoting statistics given by the WHO, Xinhua reported.
The armed Kurdish militia killed 16 fighters of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group near the city of Kobane in northern Syria Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The IS fighters were targeted by the Kurdish People’s Protection Unites (YPG) in the village of Halang, close to the predominantly Kurdish city of Kobane, where the militant group is on a crushing offensive against the Kurdish militants.
In the southeastern parts of Kobane, at least seven Kurdish fighters were killed during clashes with IS, according to the Observatory.
Shiva cinema in Kurnool witnessed a tragic incident when a 19-year-old youth Budagajangala Kannaiah killed in a stampede at the ticket counter where Ram Charan’s movie ‘Govindudu Andarivadele’ was screened.
At least six people were injured after Pakistan opened fire on Indian positions on the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, government sources said Friday.
“Six civilians sustained injuries after the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the LoC in Poonch district yesterday (Thursday),” a senior administration official told IANS in Jammu.
The Pakistan Army used mortar shells to target Indian positions. Six houses were also damaged in the firing, state government sources said.
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar had asked BJP leaders to sever their alliance with Shiv Sena and timed his party’s break-up with its coalition partner, Congress accordingly, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray alleged in a party rally here on Thursday.
Also whipping up the sons-of-soil issue in run-up to October 15 Assembly elections, Mr. Thackeray said that he would “throw out” private security agencies in the state which are providing employment only to north Indian migrants, if he came to power.
In a big blow to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Sunil Narine was Thursday suspended from bowling in Oppo CLT20, making the premier spinner ineligible for bowling in Saturday’s final.
This followed a report on his suspected illegal bowling action during Thursday’s match between KKR and Hobart Hurricanes here. KKR won the match to storm into the final.
Narine was reported for a second time in as many matches over a suspected illegal bowling action.
Following the arrival of 59 medical experts from China about two weeks ago, 162 Cuban medical experts arrived in Sierra Leone to join in the fight against the Ebola disease.
The team was received at the Lungi international airport by the west African country’s Deputy Health Minister Madina Rahman, Xinhua reported.
Rahman noted that they have left the comfort of their homes and family to come and help the people of Sierra Leone in their fight to eradicate the Ebola disease.
Rajendranagar police received a complaint on Thursday morning hours, that the complainant Nenavath Hari Kishan (39) a Businessmen, Resident of New friends colony, Upparpally of Rajendranagar. parked his Lorry on Wednesday evening hours Lorry bearing No.AP29T4993 in HP Petrol pump at Upparpally. As usually on Thursday at 06.00 hours he went to Lorry parked place, then he noticed that his Lorry was missing from there and searched surroundings, but in vain. Some unknown offenders committed theft of Lorry worth Rs. 8,00,000, from parking place.
Some unidentified burglars committed the theft of gold ornaments worth more than Rs 3.5 lakh by breaking open a lock house in Golconda police limits.
The burglary was noticed in the wee hours of Thursday. According to Additional Inspector Anil Kumar, the complainant, Md Taher, a Dubai-based NRI, went for a function along with his family members on Wednesday night. However, when he returned his house in Satya Colony of Tolichowki at about 3 AM, he found that the locks of his main door and also the almirah were broken and gold ornaments of about 15 tolas were stolen.
A four-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped by two unidentified women in the Kushaiguda police limits on Thursday morning.
According to police, the girl, Jahanvi, was kidnapped when she went to a kirana store near her house in Hanuman Nagar along with her cousins Shreya and Jyotsna to buy chocolates. On the pretext of praising the girl for being cute, one of the woman lifted Jahanvi in her arms and both fled from scene. Shocked Shreya and Jyotsna immediately rushed to their house and informed the elders about the incident.
The Council of Ministers of Andhra Pradesh unanimously resolves that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US has been very successful.
AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu today administered oath to the public for dedicating to national-wide “Swacch Bharat Abhiyan” program launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Chief Minister called upon people to spare two hours in a week for “Swacch Bharat” program to clean their street, locality, town and city. Naidu reminded that Prime Minister late Lal Bahadur Shastri had coined slogan of “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” after the India-Pakistan war. He also assured people that his government would fulfill all promises and work as per their desire.
Lingaraju Panigrahi, IAS, Special Chief Secretary to Government, administered the pledge on “Swatchh Bharat” and Swachh Pratigna” (Observance of cleanliness and awareness campaign) to the Officers and staff of Secretariat at 11 am on Thursday at L’Block in Secretariat.
Once again differences cropped up among the senior Congress leaders of Telangana here.
When the leaders joined to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi Jayanthi Celebrations at the party headquarters here on Thursday, top leaders of the party expressed different views on adopting a strategy on the TRS Government. The differences came to the fore when the leaders held a meeting after paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the premises.
The Telangana government’s decision to disburse Rs 10 lakh to the kin of martyrs, who lost their lives for the cause of Telangana statehood is laudable, stated Telangana Coordination Committee here on Thursday.
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, Governor ESL Narasimhan, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Telangana Deputy Speaker Padma Devendar Reddy, Education Minister Jagadish Reddy and several others paid floral tributes to the Father of the Nation at Bapu Ghat at Langar Houz in the old city.
MPs Bandaru Dattatreya, V. Hanumanth Rao, TPCC president Ponnala Lakshmaiah and others also visited the Bapu Ghat and paid tributes.
Governor ESL Narasimhan this morning launched “Swachch Bharat” program in the Raj Bhavan Colony. Accompanied by the employees, the Governor and his wife Vimala Narsimhan symbolically swept the roads near Raj Bhavan.
AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Union Minister of State for Commerce Nirmala Seetharaman on Thursday took part in the Swachch Bharat program at Prakash Nagar, here, the new capital of the State.
Chandrababu Naidu garlanded the statue of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi and paid glowing tributes on his 145th birth anniversary before launching the Swachh Bharat campaign.(NSS)
Secunderabad MP and BJP national vice-president Bandaru Dattatgraya will be organizing the usual annual post-Dasara “Alai Bhalai” program on October 5 at Jal Vihar, Necklace Road here.
This year’s “Alai Bhalai” program acquires special significance since this is going to be celebrated in the newly formed Telangana State. The characteristic tradition of Telangana. Alai Bhalai (embracing each other) is meant to proclaim and reiterate the warmth and camaraderie among the people, their sense of care and concern for each other. The program will begin at 11 am.