Lucknow, October 21: Mere Deewanepan ki bhi dawa nahin- Kishore Kumar’s immortal song in Rajesh Khanna-Leena Chandavarkar starrer Mehboob ki Mehndi may have been for the young and beautiful actress but today it could also be for a sexagenarian as well.
In Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district, a 19-year-old boy fell in love with a 60-year-old woman, who is mother of seven children, and preferred to be ostracised from society rather than leaving her beloved.
Jharkhand, October 21: Five Muslim widows branded as ‘witches’ by villagers and a local cleric were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement in a remote village of Deoghar district in India.
Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric.
The incident occurred on Sunday in a remote village in Deoghar district.
Correspondents say the abuse of women who are branded as witches is common, but rare footage of the incident has caused outrage across India.
Lucknow, October 21: A legacy of the famous Begums of Bhopal may help usher in social reforms by sparing Shia families the exorbitant expense of weddings.
The All India Shia Muslim Personal Law Board today announced it planned to issue a directive to community members to ensure that all Shia weddings take place in local mosques.
Kokrajhar, October 21: Assam police today said that Andhra Pradesh engineer P Krishna Rao was kidnapped by NDFB militants and all possibilities are being explored to secure his release.
“We have established that the kidnapping was the handiwork of anti-talk faction of NDFB. We are exploring all possibilities to get Rao released,” Kokrajhar superintendent of police P K Dutta said.
New Delhi, October 21: The Jama Masjid United Forum (JMUF) is organising an international conference against terrorism later this month, with the aim to dispel notions linking terrorism to Islam.
The announcement about the conference was made by JMUF president Syed Yahya Bukhari and Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal at a function organised here to emphasise the “right understanding of Islam” amongst the general public.
Hyderabad, October 21: B Ramalinga Raju, the jailed founder-chairman of SatyamComputer Services, is not willingto go through the polygraph and brain mapping tests to be conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
“The investigating agency is trying to conduct the tests without seeking the consent of the accused. The accused have not given any consent to the investigators to conduct the tests,” senior advocate Prakash Reddy, arguing on behalf of Raju, said on Tuesday.
Hyderabad, October 21: Two Central teams, each comprising eight members, will soon visit the State to assess the damage caused to crops and properties by floods and drought and recommend assistance from the National Calamities Contingency Fund (NCCF).
A communication to this effect was received by the State government on Tuesday following submission of two separate reports to the Centre on the loss caused by these calamities.
Hyderabad, October 21: Stating that none of the ministers disliked him, chief minister K Rosaiah dropped hints on Tuesday that disciplinary action would be
taken against erring party leaders at an appropriate time.
New Delhi, October 20: The much-awaited and much-hyped movies “Blue” and “All The Best” that released Friday on Diwali eve have set the cash registers ringing while co-release “Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna” has proven to be a damp squib. The contents of all three films has, however, been panned in general by both audiences and critics.
Greater Noida, October 20: About a dozen armed men barged into a farm house here, gang raped a Dalit woman employee and looted cash and jewelry available in the servant quarters Monday night, police said Tuesday.
The men armed with pistols, knives and iron rods raided the farm house owned by Atar Singh Bhati in Kathera area under Dadri police station of Greater Noida, overpowered and tied up all the male members and took all the available cash and jewelry from their quarters.
Noida, October 20: A man working as informer to the Delhi Police was shot dead by a gang of car robbers in the Sector-61 area of Noida Tuesday afternoon, when he was leading the police to them, police said.
Pramod Kumar had led a Delhi Police team to the suspected hideout of a car lifting gang in Sector-61. As instructed by the police, he went alone to the flat to call up the robbers to help police apprehend them.
Greater Noida, October 20: About a dozen armed men barged into a farm house here, gang raped a Dalit woman employee and looted cash and jewelry available in the servant quarters Monday night, police said on Tuesday.
The men armed with pistols, knives and iron rods raided the farm house owned by Atar Singh Bhati in Kathera area under Dadri police station of Greater Noida, overpowered and tied up all the male members and took all the available cash and jewelry from their quarters.
Mumbai, October 20: Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji is known for her timekeeping. She always reaches for shooting on time. She is making her small screen debut with Sony TV’s new reality show “Dance Premier League” as a judge.
Sources say that her regularity and professionalism impressed the whole unit.
One of the unit members said that Rani never got late. She always reached the studio on time. Her dedication towards her profession was commendable.
The members said Rani wants ultimate perfection in her work. For it, she takes all measures required for precision.
New Delhi, October 20: The Jama Masjid United Forum (JMUF) is organising an international conference against terrorism later this month, with the aim to dispel notions linking terrorism to Islam.
The announcement about the conference was made by JMUF president Syed Yahya Bukhari and Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal at a function organised here to emphasise the “right understanding of Islam” amongst the general public.
New Delhi, October 20: The much-awaited and much-hyped movies “Blue” and “All The Best” that released Friday on Diwali eve have set the cash registers ringing while co-release “Main Aurr Mrs.Khanna” has proven to be a damp squib. The contents of all three films has, however, been panned in general by both audiences and critics.
New Delhi, October 20: Praful Patel was elected unopposed as the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Tuesday and the Union Minister wasted no time in listing out his priorities to take Indian football to world standards.
The civil aviation minister was elected to the top post at the Annual General Body meeting of the AIFF at its headquarters here.
Patel had taken over as acting president of the AIFF ever Priyaranjan Dasmunsi has been admitted to a hospital after a stroke last October.
Mumbai, October 20: The stunt man of Bollywood Akshay Kumar who is now a super star of the tinsel world has worked with around all the big and small directors of Indian Cinema and now he is bending towards the west countries to try his hands.
According to the sources, the Hollywood director David Ellis, who has directed thrillers like “The Final Destination”, is really keen to work with the actor after having a close attention on his work in his latest flick ‘Blue’.
Mumbai, October 20: Erasing early gains, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today closed down by 103 points on profit-booking by funds in blue-chip stocks.
The 30-share Sensex settled the day lower 103 points at 17,223.01. The key index touched the day’s high of 17,457.26 in continuation of gains in the last two sessions before registering the fall.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty fell by 27.35 points to 5,114.45, after rising to 5,181.95.
A weak opening in European stock markets fuelled selling among overseas and general investors.
Havana, October 20: Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said here his country’s new policy towards Cuba “has already had one result,” the renewal of aid to the island state, which will continue to increase, a report said.
Lucknow, October 20: A newly purchased Tata Nano car that was parked in a parking lot in the posh Hazratganj locality of Lucknow caught fire Tuesday evening, its owner said.
Nobody was hurt in the incident, said R.H. Rizvi, who bought the car in July from a Lucknow based dealer.
“I parked my car in the parking lot of a shopping complex and went to buy some gifts. I was shocked when the parking attendant came rushing to me within 10 minutes saying that the car is on fire”, Rizvi told IANS.
London, October 20: Wall Street knew Apple Inc.’s results for the most recent quarter would blow past the company’s guidance, but investors clearly weren’t prepared for the 47 percent jump in profit that Apple delivered.
Shares skyrocketed to an all-time high in after-hours trading Monday evening on news that Cupertino, California-based Apple sold more iPhone and Mac computers than ever.
Apple’s financial report “reinforces my view that Apple is hands down the best technology company on the planet,” said Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall in an interview.
New Delhi, October 20: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday unveiled a plan for complete digitalisation of television in India with a likely approval of a satellite-based cable distribution platform soon.
“There should be a sunset hour for complete digitalization,” Soni said at an interactive discussion on ‘Government Regulation or Self-Regulation’ that was organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here.
Before the year is out, the cabinet is expected to approve HITS (Headend In the Sky), she said.
Panaji, October 20: The Goa police have unearthed a strong link between Malgonda Patil, the main accused who died in Friday’s Margao blast and those accused in planting crude bombs in cinemas in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Panvel last year.
Patil had been in touch with Vikram Vinay Bhave, arrested in the Maharashtra cases, DIG Ravindra Yadav said, emphasising that the explosives used in all the cases bore strong similarities..
Ghaziabad, October 20: Following the death of Ashutosh Asthana, the prime accused-cum-witness in a corruption case involving judges of the higher judiciary, in Ghaziabad’s Dasna jail, the district administration conducted an inspection and found serious lapses in the medical facilities available there, officials said Tuesday.
New Delhi, October 20: Five swine flu deaths were reported in India Tuesday, taking the toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 420, health authorities said here.
Also, 89 new cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the flu to 12,969.
All the deaths had occurred earlier, but the laboratory confirmations of the viral infections came Tuesday, officials said.
Of the five deaths, two occurred in Vishakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. With this the toll due to the virus in the state has touched 44.