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It Was A Two-Way Fight, Iqbal Passed Comments At Kareena, Punches Landed On Saif Too
A mobile clip taken of the Tuesday night fight at the restaurant in Taj clearly shows that it was not Saif Ali Khan alone who was the culprit by landing a punch on South African NRI businessman Iqbal Mir Sharma. It was the other way round too. The mobile clip shows, Saif with a b
Chennai Police Kills Five Bank Robbery Suspects, All North Indians, In Encounter
Five persons, all North Indians, were shot dead in an encounter early this morning for their alleged involvement in a bank robbery case here, police said. "Five persons were shot dead around 1 am in connection with the bank robbery case," Commissioner of Police J K Tripathy told
Four Kids Get Burns After Old Petrol Tanker Explodes In Meerut, Mob Ransacks Vehicles
A scrap dealer trying to cut the metallic body of an old petrol tanker with oxy-acytelene gas cutter caused a blast followed by a fire engulfing three other tankers on Tuesday evening, causing severe burn injuries to four children. A local mob in Sadar Bazar's Maccheran locality
India Objects To Jay Leno's Remark On Golden Temple
India has strongly “objected” to the remark on the Golden Temple by popular US television host Jay Leno, terming it “quite unfortunate”. Leno, the host of the popular “The Tonight Show” on NBC channel, flashed a picture of the Golden Temple, the holiest Sikh shrine, in Amritsar o
200 Vehicles Seized By Hyderabad Police Gutted in Fire
At least 200 vehicles seized by the police have been gutted in a major fire that broke out in the Goshamahal Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday. No casualties have been reported in the incident. A burning garbage dump in the vicinity is said to have caused the fire. Vehicles parke
Delhi Govt Sends Notice To Swami Agnivesh For Giving Fake Bills Worth Rs 18 Lakhs
The Delhi government has issued a show cause notice to Bandhua Mukti Morcha chairperson Swami Agnivesh for submitting fake bills for utilisation of a grant of Rs 18 lakh, The Pioneer daily reported. Agnivesh was issued the notice three days back on December 29 by the Revenue Depa
Cyclone 'Thane' likely to intensify in the next 12 hours
If you don't have any pressing engagement for the day, you'd best stay at home. For, the weatherman has predicted that severe cyclonic storm Thane is heading right at us. Thane is likely to bring with it strong winds, very heavy rainfall and a high surge of waves. A Met bulletin
Baby Boy For Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao
Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao have been blessed with a baby boy, born through IVF to a surrogate mother on Dec 1 at a private clinic here. "Due to medical complications, we were advised to go for IVF-Surrogacy. We are absolutely delighted. This baby is very dear to us as we'v
Nine Premises Of Former DMK Minister Raided By Vigilance
Vigilance officials today raided nine premises of senior DMK leader Duraimuguran on charges of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income during his tenure as Minister for PWD, Law and Prisons from 2006 to 2009. Police said a case under the Prevention of
Karunanidhi says, Jayalalithaa Is Fooling People
DMK chief M Karunanidhi today hit out at archrival and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for blaming his party’s rule for the bad health of the state PSUs, indicating the new government has “nothing” to claim for itself on the projects front, including power generation. Recalling the
Ex-Indian president frisked at US airport
Former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam was frisked by US authorities at New York airport for explosives on September 29 before boarding an Air India flight, Geo News reported quoting Indian media. Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna spoke to Indian Ambassador to US Nirup
Aishwarya Rai gives birth to Baby Girl
A girl was born to star couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan at a private hospital here Wednesday morning. The baby, their first child, was born at the Seven Hills Hospital. Mother and daughter were both doing fine. Proud grandfather Amitabh Bachchan too couldn’t control hi
Plea Filed In Court Seeking Criminal Charges Against Ramdev
A petition has been filed against yoga guru Ramdev in a local court, seeking registration of a criminal case against him for his alleged statement over organising a revolt against the government on the lines of Libya and Syria. Additional Civil Judge Bhagirathi Varma, while admit
Dengue rules Lahore, kills 4 more
Dengue has claimed four more lives including two women in Lahore, Geo News reported Saturday. In Lahore alone the total dengue death toll now stands as high as 236, whereas 265 deaths have been registered in overall Punjab. With 242 more confirmed cases the tally of total patient
Mohammad Azharuddin's son Ayazuddin dies after road accident
Hyderabad: Ayazuddin, son of former cricketer and Moradabad MP Mohammad Azharuddin, passed away on Friday, five days after being critically injured in a road accident in Hyderabad. The 19-year-old was critically injured when the Suzuki GSX-R1000 superbike he was riding on the Out
Anna and Hazare-ism are here to stay
As Team Anna and tens of thousands celebrated Sunday after Anna Hazare broke his hunger strike for strong anti-corruption legislation, it was clear that more battles are around the corner. Hazare himself and his confidants said in speeches at the Ramlila ground that people should
Rainfall batters interior Sindh
HYDERABAD: The power supply to various grid stations suspended following the continued heavy rainfall across the Sindh province that has also damaged vast farmlands. Rainfall affected hundreds of acres of standing crops in Badin district only. More than 700 coastal villages were
520,000 pilgrims already – Amarnath set for a record
Just three weeks into the annual Amarnath yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, the number of pilgrims visiting the cave shrine is heading for a record after crossing the half-a-million mark Friday. The previous record of 537,0000 pilgrims of 2008 can be broken any time now as nearly 520,0
Nearly 70 percent of Indians live in villages: Census
Over 68 percent, or 833 million, of Indians still live in villages despite a sharp decline recorded for the first time in the overall growth rate of the country’s rural population, according to the census data released Friday. According to the rural urban distribution of populati
TRS MPs, another minister from Telangana quit
Resignations of members of parliament, ministers and legislators from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh continued for the second consecutive day Tuesday. Intensifying the movement for a separate state of Telangana, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao and