Ministry to set up Faridabad air crash probe panel
New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry Thursday said it has received a preliminary report on Wednesday's air ambulance crash in a suburb of the national capital, and will constitute an investigation panel soon. "We have received a preliminary report about the accident. We will appoint a enquiry committee to investigate the matter," Nasim Zaidi, secretary with the civil aviation ministry, told reporters here.
New Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church elected
Kochi: Mar George Alencherry, Thakkala Diocese Bishop, has been elected as the new Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church at the ongoing seven-day Syro Malabar Church Bishops synod near here.
The announcement was made simultaneously at Vatican and Kochi Thursday.
The announcement at Kochi was made by Thalassery
PM, Sonia morally responsible for SC ruling on Thomas: BJP
NEW DELHI: BJP today said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are "morally responsible" for the Supreme Court ruling declaring the appointment of CVC P J Thomas as illegal.
"In the last 60 years, it has never happened that an appointment made by the Prime Minister himself has been d
Blackmoney case: SC orders reinstatement of ED sleuths
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Centre for failing to crack the whip on black money hoarders and ordered forthwith reinstatement of three key ED officials allegedly transferred midway into the probe in a case of foreign exchange law violation by Pune businessman Hasan Ali Khan.
NEW DELHI:Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas has resigned after the Supreme Court held his appointment as illegal, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said today.
“He has resigned... the Supreme Court has also held his appointment as illegal,” Moily told reporters here.
To a question on the apex court’s rap on the
Hema Malini wins Rajya Sabha bypoll from Karnataka
BANGALORE: Veteran Bollywood actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Hema Malini was Thursday elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
She defeated noted Kannada writer K Marulasiddappa who contested as an independent with the support of the opposition Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S). The actor
KOTTAYAM: Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan claimed today that the political climate in the state was favourable to the LDF.
Talking to media persons about the Vikasana Munnetta Jatha under his leadership here, Kodiyeri said the Jatha was getting warm reception at different centres.
Apple launches ipad in India
NEW DELHI: The 3G version of the iPad will cost Rs 34,900. Apple has, at long last, launched its revolutionary tablet the iPad in India. The company sold 14.8 million units of the tablet PC over the past year.
At a markedly affordable price of Rs 27,900 for the basic version (16GB, in built Wi-Fi but no 3G), the tablet is also available in its 3G avatar for Rs 34,900. It is available in three models - 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacity hard disks, and can now be bought from Apple's retail outlets.
The iPad comes with a 9.7 inch multitouch screen and weighs under a kilo. It has a micro SIM card tray for 3G SIM cards. 3G data plans are available from BSNL. Under prepaid, there is a daily plan for Rs 99 which allows the user unlimited data usage for 24 hours. A similar prepaid monthly plan costs Rs 999 and there is a limited monthly plan too for Rs 599. The only post paid plan being offered is priced at Rs 999. Other telcos such as Vodafone, Airtel and Idea Cellular are also ready with micro SIM cards but have not announced data plans yet.
Rumours about Apple dumping iPad inventory in India to make way for its next version iPad 2 in other countries are doing the rounds. iPad 2 is set to launch in April, 2011.
Competition to the iPad include Samsung's Galaxy Tab, OlivePad, Blackberry's Playbook, Notion Ink's Adam, etc. Recently, Samsung dropped the Galaxy Tab's price from Rs 38,000 to Rs 29,299.
Lakshmi Rai, one of the busiest actresses around
Though she has never been one of the frontline actresses in terms of the number of hit films or the number of films that she’s working in, actressLakshmi Rai appears to be working like a busy-bee nowa days.
Despite toiling in the industry for more than five years, Lakshmi Rai hasn’t attained the ‘star’ status but never fails to be away from the news, be it her alleged ‘affair’ with the now-married India’s cricket captain Dhoni or her ‘getting close’ to choreographer-turned-actor Raghava Lawrence!
The fair-complexioned and lanky actress has a couple of films in Tamil in Ajit’s upcoming venture ‘Mangkatha’ (where she plays one of the three heroines along withTrisha) and Lawrence’s ‘Kanchana’ (sequel to his ‘Muni’ which released two years back). Lakshmi, however, is said to be having many films on hand in Malayalam.
It is said that immediately after completing her ‘Mangkatha’ assignment in Bangkok,Lakshmi would start working in her many Malayalam movies including ‘Christian Brothers’, ‘Casanova’ and ‘Yodha-2’.
Really, it’s a strangely appreciable thing to remain busy as an actress despite being not in the top rung of actresses.
Sexy Mallika Sherawat Sexy Mallika Sherawat all set to sizzle in ‘Jism 2’
Bollywood sex siren Mallika Sherawat might have lost out on the sequel of ‘Murder’ to Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandes, but this does not mean that our hottie has no reason to cheer!
Buzz has it that Mallika is all set to play the female lead in Pooja Bhatt’s ‘Jism 2’.‘Jism 2’ will be written by Shagufta Rafique and be co-produced by Dino Morea and Pooja Bhatt.
Apparently, a few days ago Pooja had a long meeting with Mallika. Talking to a daily, a source said,“‘Jism 2’ is going to be bigger and bolder than ‘Jism’. Pooja was looking out for someone who has a fabulous body and Mallika fits the bill. Moreover, this time Pooja has been looking out for an established face.” Even though rumours are rife about Veena Malik’s presence in the film, the source added, “No. Those were rubbish rumours.”
When contacted Pooja’s father, Mahesh Bhatt said, “Selecting the actors for her film is entirely Pooja’s domain. Moreover, Pooja is a very meticulous person. She will take her time to decide. But yes, I did do the job of making Mallika and Pooja meet.
Kindly regret inconvenience in frequent updating due to office shifting. SightIndia News desk
