11 swine flu cases, government says don’t panic

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India on Monday reported one more swine flu case in Hyderabad, taking to 7 the number of those affected by influenza A (H1N1) and 11 in India. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said there was no need to panic as all precautions had been taken against the spread of the virus.

A health official said one more swine flu case had been reported in Delhi on Monday.

A 35-year-old man, who tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) and is being treated, transmitted the virus to his mother – making it the first human-to-human transmission case in the national capital, the official said.

Bips upset over love scenes

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Mumbai, June 08: Bipasha Basu is embarrassed about the news that she is doing love scenes in her first Hollywood movie Chimera. The film, directed by Daniel Silverman and Tapan Sinha, reportedly has several intimate scenes between Hollywood actor Billy Zane and Bipasha.

The news, which was supposed to be kept under wraps, got published recently, leaving Bips embarrassed and upset.

Lucky Ali returns as super villain

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Mumbai, June 08: With movies as diverse as SUR and KAANTE (both of which released in 2002), it had seemed that there was yet another addition to the list of unconventional actors in Bollywood.

Lucky Ali had impressed in both, former being a musical and the latter being a thriller. However, he chose to lie low over all these years and only did occasional films like KASAK and GOOD LUCK, none of them boasting of anything worthwhile to talk home about.

Sayali Bhagat aahe

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Mumbai, June 08: After two years in a tumultuous relationship, one more cross border love story comes to an end. After being together for almost two years, ex-Miss India Sayali Bhagat and Pakistani cricket star and ex-captain Shoaib Malik have called it quits. Bhagat and Malik were also supposed to be working on a film together which was to be directed by Wilson Louis.

Recipe: Potato Bharta

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Aloo ka Chokha is synonymous with Bihar. It is a savoury Bharta made in two ways and goes well with most signature dishes of the state like Khichri and Litti. Aloo ka chokha along with rice, lentil and pickle is a common favourite of the locals.

Fried Chokha

Ingredients:

4 medium sized potatoes, boiled, peeled and mashed
1 medium sized chopped onion
2 tsp chopped garlic
3 whole red chillies
1 tsp cilantro leaves
4 tsp mustard oil
Salt to taste

Procedure:

Quota for Muslims is a double-edged sword: Khurshid

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New Delhi, June 08: In contrast to predecessor A R Antulay who maintained a studied silence on the the issue of reservation, newly-appointed Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has called quota for Muslims a “double-edged sword” which could create “envy, hostility and resistance”. He has instead advocated affirmative action as a tool to “inject an ability to compete” rather than make them “constant beneficiaries of additional help”.

Recipe: Chilli Mushroom

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A spicy dish, Chilli Mushroom goes best with fried rice and steamed noodles.

Ingredients:

• 500 gm Button Mushrooms
• 200 gms Capsicum
• 2 medium sized Onions
• 2 inches Ginger
• 6 flakes Garlic
• 4 tbsp Oil
• 1 tsp Chili Powder
• 2 tsp Dark Soya Sauce
• 2 tsp Vinegar
• 1 tbsp Corn Flour
• 1 cup Water

Procedure:

• Cut mushrooms into halves.
• Cut capsicums into halves, remove the seeds and cut into thin strips.
• Grind onion, ginger and garlic to a paste.
• Heat 5 tbsp of oil. Fry the ground paste.

Google mentor Rajeev Motwani dies in drowning accident

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Washington, June 08: A much-loved Stanford University professor from India who mentored and backed such sparkling Silicon Valley companies as Google and Rajeev Motwani, Stanford University professor from India & Google mentor, died in a freak drowning accident at his Bay area home on Friday. Paypal died in a freak drowning accident at his Bay area home on Friday, sending the tech community into gloom.

Shah Rukh Khan to get eight-pack abs

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Mumbai, June 08: In the race for the most fit bodies in Bollywood, super star Shah Rukh Khan is not lagging behind. He is all set to acquire 8-pack abs fro his upcoming movie, Happy New Year directed by Farah Khan.

Shah Rukh Khan had surprised all by flaunting six pack abs in his previous movie Om Shanti Om , especially for the song Dard -e- Disco.

Lucky Ali returns as super villain

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Mumbai, June 08: With movies as diverse as SUR and KAANTE (both of which released in 2002), it had seemed that there was yet another addition to the list of unconventional actors in Bollywood.

Lucky Ali had impressed in both, former being a musical and the latter being a thriller. However, he chose to lie low over all these years and only did occasional films like KASAK and GOOD LUCK, none of them boasting of anything worthwhile to talk home about.

Bobby Deol hurt

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Mumbai, June 08: What’s with Bobby Deol! A couple of weeks ago he hurt his groin muscle playing a game of badminton. If that wasn’t bad enough, the younger Deol is back on pain killers.

The actor, who has been following a strict fitness regime, pulled a hamstring while playing badminton in a doubles match at his club.

Arshad gets intimate with Vidya

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Mumbai, June 08: Arshad Warsi has been around for 13 years. If there is one thing he hasn’t done in all these years — it is intimate scenes. “I have always avoided doing intimate scenes under some pretext or the other,” says Arshad, who doesn’t wish to embarrass his wife Maria or their two young children with any of his actions. But like they say, in life there is an exception for every rule.

Kangana-Adhyayan split

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Mumbai, June 08: After Kangna Ranaut and Adhyayan Suman surprised people by hooking up, they went on to make their relationship official with uninhibited public declarations of love.

News of their split, after a year of being together, has shocked many, including Kangna, as Adhyayan has initiated the move.

Bipasha swims in the dark

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Mumbai, June 08: You may have heard of actors swimming under the moonlight. But have you heard of swimming in floodlit pools? But Bipasha Basu is different.

The actress and the female members of her staff — including her two dress designers and her hairdresser actually prefer to swim in the dark. In Goa, where they are currently shooting for All The Best, the dusky beauty waits till it is dark and then she and her entourage head towards the hotel’s swimming pool so that no one takes notice of them.

What’s Shah Rukh doing in B-school?

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Mumbai, June 08: But this time around, it is not the aspiring crorepatis of the country who will face his rapidfire questions, but students of a B-school. Yes, Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) has roped in SRK to host their annual business and marketing quiz, not just for this time, but for the next three years.

Stepsons butcher woman over property dispute

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Nagpur, June 08: A 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her stepsons over sharing of property in the wee hours of Sunday. The incident occurred at victim’s Farooque Nagar home. Victim Ishrat Jahan had married Yaar Mohammed, who is in his fifties and having ten children from his first wife, just a couple of months back.

Jewellery worth Rs 1 cr robbed from shop

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Lucknow, June 08: In a daring robbery, an armed miscreant entered a jewellery store and decamped with jewellery worth over Rs 1 crore, moments after the store owner opened his shop for the day in Sarrafa Chowk area in Pilibhit on Sunday morning. The shop is located barely a 100 metres away from the local Puranpur police station.

Agitated over the incident, traders of Sarrafa Chowk announced that they would keep their shutters down till the accused(s) was arrested and the booty recovered.

Girl raped, set ablaze

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Lucknow, June 08: Despite tall claims of the UP Police of initiating stringent action against eve-teasers and those involved in crime against women, a youth barged into a house in Auraiya and raped a teenaged girl, finding her all alone in the house. When the victim raised an alarm, the accused reportedly doused her in kerosene and set herself ablaze before making good his escape.

Civil services a new career option for toppers?

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Ahmedabad, June 08: The state education department seemed to be luring toppers to take up civil services as a career option. Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Sunday organised felicitation function for class X and calss XII state toppers of 2008 and 2009. There were close to 200 students who made it to the toppers’ list and were given certificates by the board.

Illiterate aunt brain behind Dr Fraud

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Ahmedabad, June 08: As bizarre as it may sound, police officials in Ahmedabad now say that an illiterate woman, who can’t even spell her name properly, is the brain behind conman Ashok Jadeja’s multi-crore scam.

Jadeja’s aunt, Manbai Rathod, 60, who is a witch doctor or ‘bhuva’, is believed to be the mastermind of the investment scam threatening to cross the Rs 1,000-crore mark. Though illiterate, Rathod coined the now-famous slogan, ‘Jai Madi’ (Jai Ma), which has become synonymous with Jadeja. She was responsible for Jadeja’s demigod status.

YSR tells ACB to be tough against corrupt

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Hyderabad, June 08: The chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on Sunday asked the Anti Corruption Bureau to intensify its raids against corrupt people and assured that there would be no political interference however big or influential the person might be.

Body fished out from Boduppal lake

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Hyderabad, June 08: A body was fished out from Boduppal lake near Nacharam on Sunday.

Nacharam inspector V Venkateshwarlu said the body was identified as that of R Venkatesh, 40, an auto-driver who went missing on May 30. Incidentally, Venkatesh was a history-sheeter.

Venkatesh’s family had lodged a missing complaint with the Osmania University police station on June 3. Police suspect Venkatesh was done to death with a boulder as there was an injury on his head.

DEO warns against pirated textbooks

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Hyderabad, June 08: The education department has asked shopkeepers not to sell pirated versions of textbooks in the city. In a release issued here on Saturday, DEO, Hyderabad, M Victoria Kumari has asked school authorities to buy textbooks only from authorised shops, the list of which will be sent to schools.

The DEO has further informed that no other item should be forcefully sold along with the textbooks.

Wild elephants on rampage again

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Hyderabad, June 08: The jumbo menace has come back to haunt the villagers of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. The wild elephants are on the rampage again, wreaking havoc in fruit orchards at Kottakota, Kusumuru and Titukpadu villages in Seethampet mandal for the past two days.

Sources said six pachyderms are roaming freely in Seethampet, Veeraghattam and Palakonda mandals, scaring the local tribals and farmers. A wild elephant attacked a couple from Kosingibhadra village of Gummalakshmipuram mandal when they came out to collect wood from the forest.