Protest against “Jodha-Akbar” in Meerut also
Jodha-Akbar
An organisation of Hindu has said that they will not allow the screening of ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ in their district Meerut. Members of Akhand Hindustan Morcha said that the film has distorted facts & had tempered with history.
Cheetna Sharma, the party state convenor said, “We are ready to sacrifice our lives if needed to protest against the screening of movie”. The organisation of Hindu demanded that a case should be registered against film director Ashutosh Gowarikar.
Jessica Baty University shooter’s girlfriend: “I couldn’t believe it”
Jessica Baty
Jessica Baty the girlfriend of the gunman who killed five people & then shot himself at Northern
Illinois University on Thursday said that there was “no indication he was planning something like this”.
The 28 years old Jessica Baty said, “He wasn’t erratic. He wasn’t delusional. He was Steve & normal”. Jessica Baty said she dated Steven Kazmierczak off & on for two years & had most recently been living with him.
Baty said, “He was ….
High alert in Mumbai, Delhi & in Lucknow
Security in Delhi was beefed up on Monday after police received intelligence inputs about militant outfits planning terror strike in the national capital Delhi, economical capital Mumabi & in Lucknow also. Karnal Singh the Joint Commissioner of Police said, “We received an input that some militant outfits are planning to create terror in the national capital by targeting some prominent locations & based on that we have taken necessary security precautions”.
Following the intelligence warning, Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal ….
ULFA calls Assam Bandh on Tuesday
The ULFA has called a twelve hour “Assam Bandh” on Tuesday, 19 February to protest against the arrest of Lachit Bordoloi the People’s Consultive Group member. Arabindo Rajkhova the chairman of Ulfa said that the bandh was called to protest against the arrest of Borodoloi & several other “human rights” activists.
The outfit said the bandh call had also been given to protest against the “fake encounters by the security forces in which several innocent civilians have been killed”.
Bordoloi was arrested ….
Navin Chandra Ramgoolam Mauritius PM visits to Bihar
Navin Chandra Ramgoolam
Navin Chandra Ramgoolam the Prime Minister of Mauritius arrived on a three-day visit to Bihar this afternoon. The district administration has beefed up security in the wake of his visit to Siwan & Harigaon the ancestral home of his father & the first PM of Mauritius Sir Seewoosagar Ramgoolam.
The PM would be received by Nitish Kumar Chief Minister of Bihar & several of his cabinet members.
During his visit Navin Chandra Ramgoolam will ….
Life Term for Romesh in Kunjum murder case
Romesh Sharma
The Patiala House court awarded life term to Romesh Sharma, alleged frontman of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, & five others for murdering his fashion designer girlfriend Kunjum Budhiraja nine years ago.
Judge S P Garg also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Sharma & Rs 5,000 each on his nephew Surinder Mishra & Tejinder Virdi alias Dolly. Other accused Hemchand, Santram & Ramesh were fined Rs 1,000 each.
The court had on February 15 ….
BJP protests against hike in petrol prices
Ram Naik the former Petroleum Minister & senior BJP leader is protesting against the hike in petrol & diesel prices. Poonam Mahajan, the daughter Pramod Mahajan, also joined the protest along with Ram Naik.
Ram Naik said, “During the last four years, petrol prices have increased by 52 per cent & diesel by 60 per cent. If the hike is not withdrawn immediately, the BJP will launch an agitation all over India”.
The former MP said during the NDA Government at ….
Sixteen ISI agents arrested
Sixteen suspected ISI agents, were arrested from Gorakhapur Express at Secunderabad railway station in Hyderabad on Sunday evening. They were travelling in Gorakhapur-Bangalore express (train no.2591), South Central Railway (SCR).
On a tip-off by a railway ticket examiner on suspicion of the railway passengers, the railway police arrested 16 persons & handed over to task force police who whisked them away for questioning.
City police commissioner B. Prasad Rao said “we are verifying their antecedents” & it will take two or three ….
Amar Singh’s father passes away
Harish Chander Singh the father of general secretary Samajwadi Party Amar Singh, passed away in Delhi on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 82 years old. Amar Singh said that his father was suffering from cardiac ailment & had been under treatment at a Fortis Hospital in Noida for ….
Read More: Amar Singh’s father passes awayTaj Mahotsav begins on Monday
Taj Mahotsav
The Taj Mahotsav will begin on Monday at Shilpgram near the Taj Mahal. This ten-day long Mahotsav is organised to take people back to the Mughal era with a culmination of art, crts, cuisine, music, dance, which highlights the rich culture & tradition of the historic city.
Folk music, dance, classical dance, camel race, local games & food festival will be part of the mahotsav which will be performed by folk artists accumulating there from ….
Tornados in Prattville, Alabama
A tornado struck a residential area in Prattville, Alabama on Sunday. There were about 9,000 homes were reported without power in Prattville after storms swept across the South, damaging homes in Alabama & in the Florida Panhandle. A tornado destroyed four homes in Escambia County, Florida, with several others damaged.
Across the border in Escambia County, Alabama, two houses were destroyed by a possible tornado in rural Dixie. The storm damaged some structures in Covington County, ….
Nancy Reagan rushed to hospital after fall
Nancy Reagan
Nancy Reagan 86 years old was taken to a hospital of Los Angeles after a fall at her home on Sunday. Nancy Reagan will remain overnight for observation at a hospital in Santa Monica, California. Joanne Drake the chief of staff for the Reagan Foundation said, “She is doing well & is visiting with friends in her room”.
Drake said that Nancy Reagan is staying in the same room where former President ….
Attack on party workers in Lahore
An unidentified gunmen attacked on party workers of elections in which, a PML-N candidate for Pakistan’s general election was shot dead & nine other party workers were injured on Monday. Chaudhry Asif Ashraf, a candidate of the PML-N contesting elections to the Punjab provincial assembly, died after being taken to the hospital. His death sparked tension in parts of Lahore but senior PML-N leaders like Shahbaz Sharif appealed to party workers to remain calm.
Ahsan Iqbal spokesman of PML-N said Pakistan ….
Forced marriage can be declared void
Islamic Scholars said that a girl has the full right to choose her husband & if forced to marry against her wish, she can declare the marriage void. Islamic scholars said that a girl cannot be forced to marry. The decision was taken at a meeting which was attended by the members of AIMPLB under the banner of (IFA) Islamic Fiqh Academy.
In meeting they decided that in Islam, the girl has every right to marry the boy of ….
Orissa police blames govt for Naxal Attacks
Orissa police associations has Blamed the state government for the recent Naxal attacks & also demanded adequate strengthening of police stations & armouries in the state. They have also asked the state government to declare the entire state as Naxal-prone.
Tarun Mishra Home secretary of Orissa said that 20 Maoists & three policemen have died in the exchange of fire between the two sides.
The firing between Maoist guerillas, police & paramilitary forces in Orissa has been on since Saturday night near ….
The Great Khali eliminated at No Way Out 17 Feb. 2008
The Great Khali
The Great Khali loss the elimination chamber match (fight) at No Way Out 17 february, 2oo8 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The UnderTaker locks his new Triangle submission on The Great Khali as he taps out and is eliminated from the elimination chamber match at No Way Out & The Great Khali’s manager Ranjint Singh was taken out on a stretcher after Undertaker kicked him off the cage wall ….
Read More: The Great Khali eliminated at No Way Out 17 Feb. 2008Dr. Jeevan Raut arrested: Kidney Racket
Amit & Jeevan
Dr. Jeevan Raut 36 years old the brother of Dr. Amit Kumar the kingpin of the biggest kidney racket of India has been arrested from Lodhi Gardens area in South Delhi on Sunday. A special team of CBI from Delhi arrested Dr. Jeevan Raut. Dr. Jeevan was a co-accused in iilegal Kidney Racket. He was arrested at 2:00 pm today by CBI. An interpol notice was pending against Dr. Jeevan Raut. ….
Read More: Dr. Jeevan Raut arrested: Kidney Racket“Om Shanti Om” a “box-office hit” in Berlin Fest.
Om Shanti Om
The premiere of a big Hindi blockbuster “Om Shanti Om” was one of the most popular events of the 58th International Film Festival of Berlin, which results in Berlin with the awarding of the golden and silver bears for the best films in the competition section. It is a “Box-office-hit” film in the 11 days festival.
No other films in the festival’s 13 main sections had generated so much public interest as ….
Appu Ghar to closed down on Sunday
A view of Appu Ghar.
Appu Ghar a long been a source of delight for every child to be closed down on Sunday evening. Gyan Vijeshwar chairman of Apuu Ghar said, “We are closing down. But we will be visible again in Jaipur. I am hoping that some wonderful decision crops up so that the government is compelled to help us get an alternative land here”.
Appu Ghar the country’s first Disneyland to be closed down ….
Ontario Sikh challenges motorcycle helmet law
Ontario’s law requiring helmets for motorcyclists is being challenged by a Canadian-Indian Thirty Nine years old Sikh Bajendra Badesha living in northwest of Toronto, tribune reported.
Badesha who wears a turban, says he should be permitted to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. Badesha said, “We want an exemption for our religion, we can’t put a helmet on turban”.
The Ontario Human Rights Commision supports Bajendra Badesha & his lawyer Scott Hutchison, told the court that the law which makes helmets necessary ….