Mumbai, June 02: Yet another newcomer is knocking the doors of Bollywood. Jahan Bloch, daughter of film maker Mehul Kumar, would be making her debut with KRANTIVEER – THE REVOLUTION, the sequel to Nana Patekar and Dimple Kapadia starrer KRANTIVEER. In the film, Jahan plays the daughter of Patekar, hence taking the story forward where she plays a journalist who is set to lead the revolution against terrorism, violence and corruption.
Raipur Jun 02: Police stations exist only in name in some districts most affected by left wing extremism, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said today.
“The distribution of force among police stations is badly skewed, there are not enough police stations. Even where there is a police station, the strength of the force is often no more than 20. In some of the districts most affected by left wing extremism, the police station exists only in name,” the minister said in his inaugural speech here at the 40th All India Police Science Congress.
Mumbai, June 02: Bips ad for lotto, has heated up the cyber world completely. The actor is topless in this ad. The ad also features Vivek Oberoi. Shot in India, the ad was directed by Ken Nahoum and art direction by illustrator Tommy Kane.
However, Bipasha’s manager confirmed that it is indeed her only who has been featured in this ad.
“Bipasha had done this ad in 1999 when she was with Ford Modelling Agency in New York. It was an international assignment and was meant for the international market. I don’t know why such an old ad has surfaced now,” said Bipasha’s manager.
Sanand, June 02: Tata Motors today inaugurated the world’s cheapest car, the Nano’s, manufacturing facility here, nearly two years after it was forced to shift the plant out of West Bengal over a land row.
The new plant at Sanand was inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata, who seven years ago dreamt of making an affordable family car for the common man.
Tehran, June 02: As the stagnant European economy weighs heavily on the euro forcing it into a downward spiral, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) unveils a major plan for converting 45 billion of its euro reserves into dollar and gold ingots.
The CBI’s new monetary policy comes against a backdrop of a new phase of economic recession in European states of Greece and Spain which has caused a drop in the value of euro against the dollar in international markets.
There are growing fears that the economic crisis would likely hit other eurozone countries as well.
Lahore, June 02: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said that he saw a role for maverick fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals.
Afridi told reporters that Akhtar had assured him he only wanted to focus on his cricket after a long lay-off from international cricket.
“We definitely see a role for Shoaib in ODIs and T20 cricket and we want to give him a chance in these formats of the game,” Afridi said.
Karachi, June 02: Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has asked the Cricket Board (PCB) to raise the Test match fees or face the possibility of a further slump in the rankings of the game’s five-day version.
Yousuf told the inquiry committee of the PCB, constituted a few months back to probe into the national team’s disastrous tour of Australia, that Pakistan was facing a shortage of quality Test players.
Mumbai, June 02: Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi accused the BCCI of harassing him through show-cause notices which he termed as a “ridiculous affair”.
After submitting the hard copy of Modi’s reply to the second show-cause notice, his lawyer Mehmood Abdi said the third notice slapped last night on his client was basically another way to harass him.
Lahore, June 02: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Sports has come down heavily on the PCB for meting out different treatment to Pakistan players banned and fined by the Board, and insisted on the inclusion of former skipper Younis Khan in the Asia Cup squad.
The Standing Committee on Sports was unhappy with the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) decision to revoke the one-year ban on former captain Shoaib Malik.
London, June 02: Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi has revealed that she wants an older, handsome and witty guy who can also cook well.
“I think I have a thing for older men like Robert Downey Jr… Tall, dark and handsome. Someone who cracks me up, makes me laugh, someone intelligent, someone who can cook, (as) I can’t at all… so yes, someone who can cook better than me. That’s very important,” the femalefirst.co.uk reported quoting the “Woman On A Mission” hitmaker.
Paris, Jun 02: Shell-shocked Roger Federer’s mood was as dark as the Paris gloom as his dreams of a second French Open success were crushed by Swedish sledgehammer Robin Soderling.
One year on from condemning four-time champion Rafael Nadal to a first career defeat at Roland Garros, Soderling was back to his gatecrashing best, sending 14 aces and 19 forehand winners flashing past the world number one.
Bangalore, Jun 02: A special court here today adjourned the trial in the disproportionate assets case against former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to June 14.
When the case came up for hearing before Judge B M Mallikarjunaiah, the counsel for Jaya sought over 10 days time stating that certified copies of necessary documents were still not ready.
However, Special Public Prosecutor B V Acharya argued that all the requisite documents had already been given and “the reason was just a pretext to seek adjournment.”
Harvard JUN 02 : A carefully crafted hiring process can help avoid most mishaps. Adele Lynn, founder and owner of The Adele Lynn Leadership Group and author of The EQ Interview, urges that companies regard hiring as more of a science than an art, or worse a leap of faith.
Prevention is the best medicine
Karachi, June 02: Sixteen percent of students in Karachi’s girls schools smoke, a habit that annually causes some 100,000 deaths in Pakistan, says a leading health official.
“According to recent research, smoking in girls schools of Karachi has risen to 16 percent,” The News Wednesday quoted Nadeem Rizvi, head of the chest diseases department at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical College and president of the Pakistan Chest Society, as saying.
Washington, June 02: India and US have been “burning the mid-night oil” and working very hard on the David Headley case, America’s top envoy to New Delhi said today, hoping that Indian investigators will “soon” get to quiz the Pakistani-American who has confessed to plotting the Mumbai attacks.
Mumbai under attackHowever, Timothy Roemer, who was here to attend the first cabinet-level Indo-US strategic dialogue, was tight-lipped —
like other federal officials — about the questioning of the 49-year-old LeT operative by an Indian investigators’ team
which is in the United States.
Mumbai, June 02: The renowned Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has urged the people not to follow whatever the grapevine says.
Madhur Bhandarkar, who has won three National Awards, is currently working on his next flick titled Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji. The director of many serious films like Chandni Bar, Page 3, Fashion and Traffic Signal, is now going to try his hand at comedy genre.
New Delhi, June 02: Senior Congress leader and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday congratulated Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee for the ‘excellent performance’ of her party in the West Bengal civic polls.
Pranab, who is also the chief of the Congress in the state, accepted the failure of his party in the elections held to 81 municipal bodies, including the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), ahead of next year’s crucial assembly polls.
Karachi, June 02: Sixteen percent of students in Karachi’s girls schools smoke, a habit that annually causes some 100,000 deaths in Pakistan, says a leading health official.
“According to recent research, smoking in girls schools of Karachi has risen to 16 percent,” The News Wednesday quoted Nadeem Rizvi, head of the chest diseases department at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical College and president of the Pakistan Chest Society, as saying.
Kathmandu, June 02: Two Indian policemen have been caught with hashish in a border district in Nepal, the official media said.
Indra Bhanu Rai and Umesh Yadav, two policemen employed in the Badauni police station in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, were arrested in Nepal’s border district Kapilavastu after they were found to be carrying 700 gm of hashish, the Gorkhapatra reported Wednesday.
Hashish is the purified resinous extract of the hemp plant and used as a hallucinogen.
During a police check at the border bus station Monday, the two men tried to flee but were caught.
Hyderabad, June 02: (Siasat News) Tafeez Ul Quran Al Kareem Educational Society’s nomenclature gives this impression that through this society the teachings of islam are being indoctrinated or the muslim children are having the chapters of the Holy Quran memorized.
Islamabad, June 02: One of Osama bin Laden’s most senior lieutenants who was in charge of al-Qa’ida’s Afghan war was killed in a US air strike, it emerged yesterday on the eve of a “peace jirga” aimed at ending the country’s brutal conflict.
The assassination of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid inside Pakistan with missiles fired from an unmanned drone last month was greeted as a great success by Nato. The veteran Egyptian born jihadist was one of the founder members of al-Qa’ida and was regarded the third most powerful figure in the organisation.
New Delhi Jun 02 : Consumers grabbing new models; companies report very high sales, in reversal of usual pre-monsoon dampener.
New models and overall revival in demand have helped car manufacturers to buck the trend of low sales in the first quarter (April-June).
Recently, three new models were introduced in the compact car category, the largest selling segment in India. This includes the Chevrolet Beat, Ford Figo and Volkswagen Polo and the new WagonR.
London, June 02: Whites seem to have been barred from applying for a job in a British city, with a job seeker saying he was excluded for ‘being white’.
Bristol City Council has been accused of discrimination as whites were not allowed from applying for two 18,000 pounds a year jobs, Daily Mail reported Wednesday.
The management training posts for graduates are an effort to recruit more minority employees, but this move has been criticised by white graduates looking for work.
New Delhi Jun 02 : The telecom company claims it has no liability in any event.
The Income Tax (I-T) Department today said it had the jurisdiction to tax the $11.1-billion Vodafone-Hutchison Essar deal of February 2007.
“We have jurisdiction over taxing Vodafone. Jurisdiction order has been issued …we will send the tax demand to them within a few days,” Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman S S N Moorthy told PTI.
Srinagar, June 02: A boy was killed in an accidental fire by his 10-year-old cousin in Basohli area of Kathua district, police said here today. The incident occurred at village Palai in Basohli area, about 120-kms from here, in Kathua last evening when Sonu was fiddling with a country made gun of his father.
The gun suddenly went off hitting his 6-year-old cousin Abhi Jamwal, who died on the spot, they said. Jamwal had come to the house of his maternal uncle a few days back.