Salim-Sulaiman create magic yet again with ‘Kurbaan’

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Mumbai, October 20: Film: “Kurbaan”; Music Directors: Salim Merchant-Sulaiman Merchant; Lyricist: Niranjan Iyengar; Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher, Marianne D’Cruz Aiman, Salim Merchant, Vishal Dadlani, Sonu Niigaam, Shruti Pathak and Shreya Ghoshal; Rating: *** 1/2

Salim-Sulaiman have slowly emerged as creators of amazing and impressive music. With their next album for the movie “Kurbaan”, which has Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan, they have proved their prowess yet again. The album boasts of songs that grow on you and are not typical.

“Signs of Allah” appear on infant’s skin

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Dagestan(Russia), October 20: A Boy has become a walking monument to Muslim faith after passages from the Koran started appearing on his skin.

Text in Arabic from the religious book started showing on the boy’s back, arms, legs and stomach, leaving doctors baffled.

They first started appearing shortly the baby was born, with “Allah” appearing on his chin, reported.

Doctors say the markings are a medical mystery, but deny the condition is a result of someone writing on the child’s skin.

Goa: Minister’s wife under police’s scanner

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Panaji, October 20: Home minister Ravi Naik opened a can of worms on Monday when he asked the police to probe the links Jyoti Dhavalikar, wife of state transport minister Ramkrishna Dhavalikar, has with the Sanatan Sanstha. “We are probing everyone.

We know that Jyoti Dhavalikar is part of the institution, although we do not know in what capacity. I have asked police to enquire,” Naik said. Sanatan Sanstha is under the scanner for its alleged involvement in the bomb blast at Margao on Friday.

BJP’s Muslim MP Shahnawaz Hussain fails to get US visa on time

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New Delhi, October 20: Shahnawaz Hussain, BJP’s prominent Muslim face and MP, has failed to get US visa on time for attending a UN General Assembly session as part of a parliamentary delegation, a delay which has again raised questions whether he was a victim of religious profiling.

Kangana harassed by hooligans

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Mumbai, October 20: Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who is here to shoot for a film, was harassed by a group of hooligans in the Kaiserbagh locality of the city.

Kangana is here with co-stars R. Madhavan and Jimi Shergil for the past 10 days to shoot for Anand L. Rai’s “Tanu weds Manu”.

The incident took place Sunday at the Lal Baradari building where the cast and crew were shooting a sequence for the film around 10 p.m. It was a holiday, so a huge crowd, over 2,000, gathered around the location.

Rice prices continue to climb in State

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Hyderabad, October 20: The price of super fine rice is defying all laws of gravity since September last year. The price which used to be Rs 24 per kg then has climbed to Rs 29 in August this year and now it is about Rs 33.

Even the price of fine variety of rice is on the rise. In August last year, its price was Rs 21 per kg and by September this year it rose to Rs 30 per kg.

The prices are bound to go up further in future as the supply position has not improved much.

GHMC elections in November

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Hyderabad, October 20: The much-awaited GHMC polls are to be held in November, with the State Election Commission (SEC) asserting that the poll notification would be issued by the end of this month.

150 wards

The entire election process, including that of the Mayor and corporators of 150 wards, would have to be completed within 28 days of the issue of the notification. “We have tentatively decided the probable dates of issue of notification as October 24 or 28”, State Election Commissioner A.V.S. Reddy told a hurriedly called press conference on Monday.

Madrasa in Haryana bombed, building damaged

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Patna, October 20: A heavy bomb blast rocked the building of Madarsa Isha’t -ul- Uloom of Jind city in Haryana, around 9 pm last night.

The blast occurred in the back of the Madarsa building. The intensity of the blast destroyed one hostel room and damaged several others including the administrative office of the madrasa.

There are 65 students and 6 teachers in Madarsa. It has 10 rooms.

Since the blast happened just minutes after Isha (night) prayer therefore no one was in that area and hence there was death or injury to anyone.

Muslim Reporters Uncover British Racism

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London, October 20: Going undercover as an Asian husband and wife, two British Muslim reporters have documented the scale of resurgent racism and abuse, both verbal and physical, in the British city of Bristol, filming themselves while being bullied, attacked and racially-abused.

“From the moment that my colleague Amil Khan and I drove onto the road that would become our home for the coming months, we were subjected to the coldest glare I have ever experienced,” said Tamanna Rahman.

Free zone: State to go ahead with review petition in Supreme Court

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Hyderabad, October 20: After eliciting the views of all the major political parties at a meeting here on Monday, the State government decided to go ahead with its proposal to file a review petition in the Supreme Court on the judgement of the Division Bench treating Hyderabad as a free zone with regard to recruitments in the Police Department.

ISB board member in trading scandal

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Hyderabad, October 20: Nearly 10 months after the former dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB) M Rammohan Rao brought negative attention to the premier business school by presiding over a Satyam board of directors’ meeting that approved a dubious acquisition, ISB is in the news, for the wrong reasons again.

Air-India haj flights start tomorrow

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Kolkata, October 19: Air-India would start its flights from Kolkata to Jeddah for Haj pilgrims tomorrow.

Sources in the airline said two jumbo-jets of Boeing 747 would fly daily from the airport here at 12.45 pm and 6.15 pm till November 13.

A total of 10,575 pilgrims would fly from here. Another 5706 pilgrims from Patna and 2630 pilgrims from Ranchi would be brought here to take to Jeddah, airport sources said.

India, Indonesia set to launch talks for FTA

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New Delhi, October 19: After signing India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement as one of the 10 members of the bloc, Jakarta and New Delhi are set to launch negotiations for a similar bilateral deal to open trade in goods and services.

The Joint Study Group (JSG), which was set to explore the feasibility of a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA), has recommended launching of full fledged talks to negotiate a pact that can take the two-way trade merchandise trade to USD 20 billion by 2020.

“To kill my stress, I want to start smoking again”: Aamir Khan

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Mumbai, October 19: Mr. Perfectionist of Bollywood Aamir Khan is suffering from the ‘worries of before release’. This time Aamir’s forthcoming flick “3- idiots” is ready for the release and going to hit the floors on the theaters shortly. To avoid his ‘release stress’ he wants to break his swear of quit smoking.

Mr. Perfectionist has recently finished shooting of his upcoming flick ‘3- idiots’ which is based on the famous novel of author Chetan Bhagat’s “Five Point Someone”. Aamir is nervous upon the reaction of the audiences for his forthcoming flick.

Shahrukh Khan is not going to give his appearance in Roshan Abbas’s flick

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Mumbai, October 19: The Baadshah Khan of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan is back with his forthcoming segment soon, but this time he is just spinning his money around. He is not going to give any of his pretty smile or appearance in this segment.

When the producer is “King Khan”, it will be a debut venture for the director in the field of direction by the well known theatre personality and radio guru “Roshan Abbas” who is going to cast few new faces in this debut flick.

Katrina Kiaf’s presence makes my movies blockbuster: Akshay Kumar

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Mumbai, October 19: It’s been a long time since the beautiful Katrina Kaif has been a lucky charm for sturdy actor Akshay Kumar.

In a recent interview with a leading daily Akki revealed that Katrina has been really lucky for him.

Akshay Kumar said, “Katrina and I have together given a number of hits and she has really been a boon to my Bollywood career. She is really talented and of course I have enjoyed every bit of working with her.”

Pak using jihadis militants as an instrument: Shashi Tharoor

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Washington, October 19: India has charged Pakistan of using ‘jihadi’ elements to “destabilise” it and Afghanistan and expressed willingness to normalise relations with Islamabad if it takes one step towards peace.

“It (Pakistan) has been one of actually using jihadi militants as an instrument of destabilisation in both Afghanistan and India. And we think that’s wrong,” Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor told a TV channel.

Karizma ZMR is ready to fly you away, have a complete look at it

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Mumbai, October 19: The spectacular 223cc Karizma ZMR comes loaded with some far-fetched features which include modern LED tail lamps and split grab rails and front cowl with fairing mounted rear view mirror.

The company claims that this latest offering, aimed primarily at consumers in the 18-24 years age bracket, delivers maximum output of 17.6 BHP @ 7000 rpm and a Torque of 18.35 Nm @ 6000 rpm while giving an impressive acceleration of 0 – 60 in 3.7 seconds.

The new Karizma with PGM-Fi technology will cost Rs 91,000 ex-showroom Delhi

EU urges Karzai to allow second round of Presidential Election

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Brussels, October 19: Afghan President Hamid Karzai must allow a second round of Presidential Election if a fraud enquiry deems the initial vote count invalid, the Swedish EU presidency said no Monday, amid fears that he will refuse.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called on all sides “to fully respect all parts of the agreed procedure that includes the work of the (UN-backed ECC) electoral complaint commission and the independent election commission.

Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United’s Champions League

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London, October 19: Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United’s Champions League match against CSKA Moscow on Wednesday with four other senior players also ruled out.

Ryan Giggs, Patrice Evra, Park ji-Sung and Darren Fletcher also failed to travel with the squad to Russia on Monday, the club’s website reported.

Striker Dimitar Berbatov and defender Nemanja Vidic both flew to Moscow and should be fit, manager Alex Ferguson said.

“I’m hopeful Vidic will be all right, but he’ll certainly be ready for the Liverpool game (on Sunday),” he said.

Open to talks on disclosing black money data says Swiss bank

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New Delhi, October 19: With India seeking details of black money stashed away in Swiss banks, Switzerland has said it is willing to open negotiations on the matter.

“Switzerland is willing to open negotiations on that topic (disclosing data about black money)…,” the Swiss Ambassador to India, Phillippe Welti told a news channel.

In August, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said India would begin talks with Switzerland in December over amending the double taxation avoidance treaty between the two countries.

Shahnawaz’s US visa delayed, unable to join MPs’ delegation

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New Delhi, October 19: BJP MP and former Union Minister Shahnawaz Hussain has failed to get an American visa on time and is unable to join a parliamentary delegation to New York to attend the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

“I was one among the five MPs who were to attend a UN General Assembly programme from October 20 to 31. Our Ministry of External Affairs had applied for the visas. While the other four have got their visas and are leaving tonight, I have been told there will be a delay due to administrative processing,” Hussain told PTI.

Goa murders cracked with arrest of two more: police

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Panaji, October 19: Two more people – a woman and a 16-year-old girl – were arrested in connection with the murders of four women that have rocked Goa over the past week. The state police said Monday the accused would offer lifts in their car to the unsuspecting women, kill them and steal their cash and jewellery.

The murders took place from Oct 12 to Oct 14.

The arrested include Chandrakant Talwar (35), Greshmi Talwar (32), Syron Rodrigues (20) and the teen-aged girl.

Ravana temple to come in Noida

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Greater Noida, October 19: A Ravana temple is being constructed in a village here as people believe the mythological king was born there.

Kaushikeshwar Jyotiling Ravana Mandir and Anusandhan Samiti has been formed in Bisrakh village for the purpose, Samiti representative Anil Kaushik said.

“We do not burn the effigy of Ravana in the village,” Kaushik said.

Villagers believe that in the past when they had burnt the effigy of Ravana, it brought them hardships.

–Agencies