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Jennifer Aniston not interested in other stars’ lives

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sep 19 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston is livid over the public interest in her private life, as she herself doesn’t care what other stars are doing.

The ‘Friends’ star has vowed not to discuss her personal life, and is unhappy with the idea of strangers reading about her personal matters.

“I don’t know about your life. I don’t want to, truthfully. It’s not my business,” the Daily Express quoted her as having told Parade magazine.

“It’s a very strange thing, but somehow it’s like there was some clause somewhere that said, ‘Well, you’re a public person, so we get to go into your house and search through your drawers.’

“I don’t know who came up with it because I wouldn’t have signed on. I don’t think anybody would have,” she added. (ANI)

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Foreign tourists join Onam celebration in Kerala

September 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kochi, Sep 3 (ANI): Foreign tourists in Kerala took part in the ten-day long harvest festival ‘Onam’.

The Homestay Operators Association organised Onam celebrations for the foreign tourists staying in the association’s homes.

Many foreigners participated in a simple procession in Kochi along a floral carpet on a street.he foreigners enjoyed sumptuous traditional meal with a variety of delicacies prepared in coconut oil and served on Banana leaf.

“I feel very lucky to be here to be a part of the Onam celebrations today by joining in arranging the flowers and also in the parade. It is a very beautiful experience for me so I feel lucky,” said Claire, a tourist from Australia.

Onam, a harvest festival, is celebrated in Kerala when young girls and women make flower patterns called “Pookalam” in local parlance to welcome the mythical King Mahabali.

Onam recalls the story of the mythical king Mahabali who created a kingdom in what is now Kerala.

The festival falls during the month of Chingam (August-September as per the Gregorian calendar), the first month of the Malayalam calendar and lasts for ten days.

Traditionally celebrated as a harvest festival, mythologically it is linked to Malayalee-Hindu folktales. (ANI)

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New Commanders for Southern Command of Indian Navya and Air force

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kochi (Kerala), Aug 31(ANI): The southern commands of the Indian Navy and Air Force based in Kerala were assigned new commanding heads on Monday.

Vice Admiral KN Sushil took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) from Vice Admiral SK Damle at a ceremonial parade held at the naval base in Kochi.

Commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1973, Admiral KN Sushil joined the submarine arm in 1976 and has served on both the Vela class and the Shishumar class submarines.

Air Marshal Sumit Mukerjee will be the new Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Air Command and will assume charge on September 1, 2009.

Prior to this, Air Marshal Mukerjee was the Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel at Air Headquarters in New Delhi.

He is the only pilot in the history of IAF to have commanded units with the Mig-21, Mig-23U, Mig-25, Mig-27 and Mig-29 aircraft.

Air Marshal Sumit Mukerjee was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on January 22, 1972. By Juhan Samuel (ANI)

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Sandra Bullock thinks stalking men is best way to get a date

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock insists that the best way to find men to date is to stalk them.

In an interview to Parade magazine, the ‘All about Steve’ star said that one needed to secretly follow potential suitors to find out what they like, reports the China Daily.

“How else do you get dates? I learned that you have to stalk and then make it look very innocent,” she joked.

“Then once you get them you sort of shred receipts and you do things that sort of cover the paper trail of your stalking. I think it’s a necessary evil to sort of lure in your prey,” she added.

In ‘All About Steve’, Bullock plays the role of Mary Horowitz, who becomes obsessed with a man – played by Bradley Cooper – after going out on a blind date with him.

Although the 45-year-old beauty also revealed that she is terrible at crosswords, but she loves seeing her name appear in puzzles.I can barely spell. I so admire people who just whiz through them,” she said.

“My name has been in several crosswords, so I guess that’s the only thing that really connects me. I always get the clue when I’m seven across or whatever. I get very excited, ‘I got that one. It’s me,’” she added. (ANI)

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England team won’t undertake open-top bus parade

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug.24 (ANI): England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Managing Director Hugh Morris has ruled out the possibility of the victorious England cricket team undertaking an open top bus parade similar to the one that was done in 2005.

He told Sky News: “Perhaps last time we partied a bit too long and didn’t plan enough and obviously we know what the result was in Australia 18 months afterwards. We’re going to plan hard, we’ve got some big challenges ahead of us… that’s what we’ve be focusing on.”

The last home Ashes win sparked wild celebrations scenes and an open-top bus parade for the players. It also saw the team enjoy a marathon drinking session, with Andrew Flintoff famously turning up drunk at a Downing Street reception.

Things will be different this time around – with England aiming to capitalise on their success and become the best Test team in the world.

Playing commitments in Belfast later this week also mean the players will not be able to celebrate for too long.

Morris paid particular tribute to captain Andrew Strauss and team director Andy Flower.

Referring to the sackings of Kevin Pietersen as captain and former head coach Peter Moores, he said: “It was a dark, difficult, challenging time for all of us. But the way Andy Flower and Andrew Strauss have marshalled the troops to get to winning an Ashes series seven months later is a fantastic achievement.”

The chairman of selectors, Geoff Miller, told Sky News England can’t afford to dwell on the victory for too long.

“In 2005 we’d not beaten Australia for some time, now it’s a different situation. They can party, they can celebrate but they know there’s still a big job to be done. We want to be the best in the world and to be the best we’ll have to focus on what we do on and off the field,” he said. (ANI)

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Ground-to-air security ahead of Independence Day

August 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi/Guwahati, Aug 13 (ANI): With India getting set to celebrate its 62nd Independence Day, the Central and Delhi State Governments have pulled out all steps to ensure that the event is santizied from a security point of view.

Following intelligence inputs that terror outfits have plans to target the Indian capital on August 15, over 60,000 officers of the Delhi Police, Special Cell, Crime Branch, Special Branch and around 35 paramilitary companies will be deployed in and around the city.

It is expected that around 6,000 police officers will be deployed near Red Fort.

Forty CCTV cameras have been installed in and around the Red Fort, while sharpshooters of the National Security Guard (NSG) will man buildings and rooftops near the historic monument.

Intelligence agencies have also reportedly identified ‘safety houses’ where the Prime Minister and other VIPs can be taken in the event of a terror strike.

Quick Reaction Teams, Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and Vajra (of the Rapid Action Force) are also being deployed for the ocassion.

Informers have been deployed to look out for suspect anti-national elements, police sources said.

The entire area over Red Fort will be declared a no-fly zone during the function. Airspace would be closed from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Security has been tightened at the Parliament complex, IGI Airport, railway stations, inter-state bus terminals and Metro stations.

In other sensitive parts of the country like Jammu and Kashmir, and the northeastern states, security has been beefed up to counter possible terror or insurgent attacks.

In Guwahati, passengers are expected to be frisked at various checkpoints in the city.

Meanwhile, defying the boycott call, school students, NCC cadets and police personnel are busy preparing for the Independence Day parade.

“They are always giving calls to boycott Republic Day celebrations or Independence Day celebrations. But it is regularly celebrating Independence Day,” said Anna Rai,a school teacher.

The students are also upbeat about participating in the parade.

Security has also been beefed up along the India-Bangladesh border in Siliguri.

The Border Security Force (BSF) is on a high alert and keeping a strict vigil along the borders.

Home Ministry officials have warned that the Lashkar-e-Taiba plans to target three major cities, including Delhi on Independence Day.

Kolkata and Hyderabad are the other two LeT targets. (ANI)

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Prime Minister arrives in Paris

July 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Paris, July 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in Paris late on Monday night to participate in the National Day celebrations of the Republic of France.

Dr. Singh was received by French Justice Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and Ambassador of France to India Bonnafont. He was presented a Guard of Honour by the republican guards. National anthem of both the countries were also played.

Dr. Singh, who will be the Chief Guest of Honour at France’s National Day celebrations on Tuesday, said: “It’s a great honour and a great privilege for me to be in this beautiful country on France’s National Day.

I am very grateful to President Nicolas Sarkozy for giving me this rare honour. India and France are partners in development. We have very good relations with France. Its my ambition to give a further push to our strategic partnership.”

The Prime Minister is the first Indian leader to be bestowed this honour, as France does not have a tradition of inviting foreign heads of state to be chief guests at their Bastille Day or National Day celebrations.

This day commemorates the storming of the Bastille in 1789, which was then seen as a symbol of a rising modern nation.

He will witness the contingent of 400 soldiers from the Indian Army, Navy and Air force march down the Champs-Elysees Avenue along with French infantry troops and motorised troops.

This is the for the first time that all the three services – Army, Navy and Air Force will taking part in the National Day celebrations of another country.

Among the 400 personnel, 300 would be part of the marching contingent, while the rest are from the respective bands.

A prominent feature of the band contingent will be the drummers and bagpipers who would be playing Indian martial music.

Inviting friendly nations to send their troops to participate the Bastille Day parade is a recent phenomenon.

In 2004, during the centenary of the Entente Cordiale, British troops comprising of Grenadier Guards, the Cavalry Regiment and Royal Marines and Royal Horse Artillery, led the parade in Paris for the first time.

The Indian armed forces participation will mark the commemoration of Indian army’s association with its French counterpart during the two World Wars.

The parade itself is a gala event held at what can best be described as the Rajpath of Paris. It begins from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde.

The number of contingents participating in the parade are not as many as seen in the Republic Day parade every January 26 in New Delhi.

While the loudest applause in Delhi is reserved for the ex-servicemen contingent, at the Bastille Day parade it is the fireservice men who get the loudest applause. By Smita Prakash (ANI)

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Famous motorcar Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ banned from procession

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Jul 9 (ANI): Famous motorcar Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has been banned from taking part in a lord mayor’s procession because it does not have an MoT.

Thousands of people had been looking forward to seeing the famous flying car, but cops said that they would not bend the rules.

“Our priority is the safety of the public and we cannot make exceptions,” the Sun quoted spokesman Harry Mitchell as saying.

The vehicle, which featured in the classic 1968 film of the same name, was due to join a huge parade through Norwich on July 11.

“Although the road is closed for the procession, it is still classed as a public highway and the DVLA is clear that all vehicles in the procession need to be fully covered,” Helen Selleck, the city council’s events manager, said.

The car was due to be displayed by Norwich’s Theatre Royal.

“We are very disappointed Chitty will not be seen on the streets,” spokesman John Bultitude added. (ANI)

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Internal threat facing Pakistan far greater than external: Kayani

July 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Rawalpindi, July 4 (ANI): Pakistan Chief of Army Staff , General Ashfaq Kayani has said that the internal threat facing the country was more threatening than the external, and that it needed immediate attention.

“While external threats continue to exist, it is the internal threat to Pakistan that needs immediate attention,” The Daily Times quoted Kayani, as saying.

Addressing the 91st Officers Commissioning Parade at the Pakistan Naval Academy here, Kayani said that Pakistan is facing numerous challenges, but the Army is determined to counter each one of them.

Kayani expressed hope that Pakistan would successfully quell the impending threat posed by the Taliban and other extremist organizations.

“Pakistan is confronted with multifaceted challenges which are complex in nature and their spectrum is both diverse and intense. With the nation’s full support, we will succeed in our fight against terrorism,” he said.

Kayani said Pakistan is committed to global and regional peace, and is against the arm race in the region, but added that country’s military would maintain a balance through a strategy of minimum credible deterrence.

“A strong army is the guarantor of peace and stability,” he said. (ANI)

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Defence forces all set to participate in National Day Parade of France

July 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, July 4 (ANI): A 400-strong contingent of the three wings of Indian defence forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) performed a full-dress rehearsal here today ahead of their visit to France to participate in a parade making National Day celebrations in France on July 14.

This is the for the first time that all the three services – Army, Navy and Air Force will be participating in the National Day celebrations of another country.

Among the 400 personnel, 300 would be part of the marching contingent, while the rest are from the respective bands.

A prominent feature of the band contingent will be the drummers and bagpipers who would be playing Indian martial music.

The members of this contingent have been practicing for the past fortnight at the India Gate.

“We have stood first in the Army Day parade, the reason we have been selected for the French national day parade. And as far this specific practice for French National Day celebration is concerned we have been practicing from past one month and from last 15 days we have been practicing at India Gate,” said Captain Vinay Khanduri of 22 Maratha Light Infantry.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has invited Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh to be the chief guest at the French National Day celebrations. (ANI)

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Mumbai hosts two-day War Film festival

June 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, June 25 (ANI): Hordes of movie enthusiasts thronged a film festival of rare and vintage war movies besides many other documentaries related to Indian independence and defence forces here.

Organised by the Films Division (FD), in cooperation with the Armed Forces Film and Photo Division (AFFPD), the two-day War Film Festival was inaugurated by Major General (retired) E D’souza who was decorated with Victoria Cross in World War-II on Thursday.

In all, 80 films on World War II, the struggle for Indian Independence and Indian troops in action on the warfront (all in original) are being screened during the festival.

Kuldeep Sinha, Chief Producer of the Films Division mentioned that such festivals are a must for the present and future generations.

“We should try preserving our heritage and culture because this is one thing we can pass on to our next generation and nothing else,” said Kuldeep Sinha, Chief Producer, Films Division, Government of India, Mumbai.

He also announced that they would try to organise more such festivals across the country.

“We have our Films Division offices across the country. Through them we will try to organise more such two-day film festivals in other parts of the country,” said Kuldeep Sinha, Chief Producer, Films Division, Government of India, Mumbai.

Among the movies and original footage screened at the festival are ‘Indian Independence in 1947′, ‘India Strikes’ (45 minutes), ‘Indian Armed Forces Officers in WW-II’ and ‘Delhi Victory Parade’ (10 minute).

The film festival will conclude on Friday (June 26). (ANI)

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Super Car Club launched in Mumbai

June 22, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, June 22 (ANI): A mere glimpse of a well-designed and exotic car can “bring smile on the face of the viewer”. With these words as its inspiration, uxury sedan enthusiasts launched a ‘Super Car Club in Mumbai on Sunday.

Now people can watch some of the hot and fastest machines of the world like Ferrari, Audi, BMW, Lamborghini and Porsche under one roof.

“It gives an opportunity to car lovers and car owners to come and meet people who have similar thoughts and hobbies. It also provides a platform to enjoy and share opinion on cars,” said Dinesh Lal, a member of club.

This elite club is the brainchild of industrialist Gautam Singhania.

“I have spoken to the Ministry of Tourism that every year we have a Mumbai Super Car Parade, so many people from all over should come and see it as it happens in many countries of the world. I feel that when you see a super car no matter what mood you are in, it puts a smile on your face,” he said.

This nascent club is in talks with Superstar clubs across Europe and America to organise automotive related events. (ANI)

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Family shaves head, parades Pak woman for refusing to indulge in immoral acts

May 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Karachi, May 29 (ANI): In a bizarre incident, a 30 year old woman in Pakistan was paraded in front of the entire neighborhood with her head shaved and face blackened by her own family members for refusing to carry out immoral acts.

The shocking incident took place in Hasan Panhwar Goth in Malir.

Police has arrested all the three accused, The Daily Times reports.

According to sources, Sakeena Jogi, 30 was physically tortured by her husband, Leemoon Jogi, her father Naathu alias Mastaanu, and six other persons.

The accused urinated on her head before blackening her face and shaving her head, they said.

Jogi was later forced to parade in front of the entire neighborhood.

She was released later but was threatened with death if she reported the matter to police.

However, Jogi, approached Malir SSP Javed Maher and reported the whole incident.

She said that the inhuman act was carried out on the orders of the goth’s wadera, Ghani Panhwar.

Meanwhile, Police has also arrested Naathu and his two other relatives, Khamu and Ahmad. (ANI)

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Pak capable of shooting down US drones, but it could ignite war: PAF chief

May 29, 2009 By admin 1 Comment

Islamabad, May 29 (ANI): Pakistan has said that it is capable of shooting down US Predator aircrafts operating inside its geographical territory, but fears that such a step could ignite a war between both the countries.

Talking to media persons on the sidelines of the passing out parade at the Risalpur Air Force Academy, Pakistan Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman said PAF is capable or shooting down US drones, but the final decision in this regard rests with the government and Parliament.

“We had shot down a US spy plane near Kasur in 2002,” Suleman said.

Concerned over India’s acquisition of the Air Warning and Control System (AWACS), he said such steps would lead to an arms race in the region.

Suleman claimed that Pakistan has the technology to counter India’s move.

“We have every technology to reply India in a befitting manner,” The Nation quoted Suleman, as saying.

He stated that Pakistan would also acquire its own AWACS technology by October.

Pakistan would also get 500 American Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missiles, Suleman added. (ANI)

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Kasab among 10 gunmen who arrived by boat on 26/11: Eyewitness

May 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 27(ANI): Arrested Pakistani gunman Mohammed Ajmal Kasab was identified by an eyewitness in a special court as one of the ten gunmen who arrived by boat at Mumbai’s shores on the night of November 26.

Bharat Tamore, a foreman with Hotel Taj, claims to have seen Kasab and others getting off a boat at the Fishermen’s Colony in south Mumbai when he was going for his duty at around 2115 hours.

This witness is considered crucial by the prosecution as he is the first independent eyewitness, a civilian. e further added that of the ten persons who came by the boat, eight alighted and started walking away while the remaining two sailed off towards the nearby Nairman Point.

The persons were all in the age group of 20 to 25 years and were wearing orange life-jackets. he witness said he had identified Kasab in an earlier identification parade in Arthur Road Jail conducted by police. (ANI)

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Jessica Biel would love to co-star with beau Justin Timberlake

May 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 25 (ANI): Jessica Biel would love to share the screen with her beau of two years Justin Timberlake.

The actress said that she would have no complaints in letting their off-screen chemistry take a seat in front of the camera provided it felt right.

“If it was the right thing, yeah. I would love to costar with Justin. I just don’t know what the right thing is, though,” Us magazine quoted her as telling Parade.com.

Biel further said that she took extra care to keep their relationship under wraps.

“Once you start to go there you really are opening your life which is already so open. Anyway, we don’t do much of anything. We certainly don’t do anything interesting,” she said.

“We just hang out at home. You have to have a real life because of the kind of crazy Hollywood stuff that you can get wrapped up in.

“It’s so important to have hobbies and girlfriends, and not know people that work in Hollywood.

It’s a sanity thing; it keeps you sane. I was playing soccer and I joined a kickball league. That’s way more interesting to me than going to some party,” she added. (ANI)

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Bangalore hosts fashion show by fresh graduates

May 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Bangalore, May 16 (ANI): The graduation of the creative designer students of the Army Institute of Fashion Designing (AIFD) in Bangalore was marked by a gala fashion show.

Several models sashayed down the ramp at this colourful fashion-cum-passing out parade that was aptly titled Design Dapple-2009 and provided an insight of the students’ creative traits.

The models displayed various designs and cuts created by the budding designers on Friday.

One of the graduate-designers Sandhya said that her collection consisted of the garments made out of net so as to give the nursing mothers more freedom to feed her child.

“Basically the garment which I have done is of net. Their function is to make nursing better and discrete for that I have used some slits in the apex and bit of opening to make it loose on the neckline so that they can feed it better,” said Sandhya.

The event highlighted the culmination of design and functionality. (ANI)

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Michelle Obama’s not a great beauty: model Iman

May 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 16 (ANI): US First Lady Michelle Obama might be a style icon for the whole wide world, but Iman, one of the first black supermodels, begs to differ.

The 53-year-old catwalk queen insists that the First Lady is not a “great beauty” but will “get better with age.”

“Mrs Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting looking and so bright. That will always take you farther,” the Telegraph quoted her as telling Parade magazine.

Iman, who’s married to the rock star David Bowie reflected on the experiences of black women who achieve fame.

She said that her own rise to stardom did not free her from racism.

“You suddenly represent a whole race, and that race goes, ‘Well, that person does not represent our ideals of beauty’. For lack of a better term, it becomes what it was like during slavery,” she said.

“One had the field nigger and the house nigger. There was this notion that I was chosen by white fashion editors to be better than the rest, which I am not.

“I did not like being thought of as the house nigger,” she added. (ANI)

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Sino-US navies try to resolve maritime discords

May 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Chinese and US navies have been searching for ways to “alleviate disagreements” over international law on maritime rights, a senior military source has said.

The source admitted the two militaries still disagree on how to interpret the international law concerning maritime waters. But both sides have “expressed their views candidly in the latest round of military exchange.”

The China Daily quoted the source as saying that in the latest exchange, US naval operations chief Admiral Gary Roughead and Chinese Navy chief Admiral Wu Shengli held talks in Qingdao last month during a sea parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the PLA Navy.

But some experts said the US navy will not stop spying activities in the western part of the Pacific, and reconciliation at sea may not be reached easily.

“The US has always wanted to maintain its influence in Asia through military means. It has conducted military activities around the Taiwan Straits and the East China Sea, and now wants to expand to the South China Sea,” said Professor Yuan Peng, an expert at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations.

He added that the US is keen to see Southeast Asian countries in territorial disputes with China so that it can retain its influence in those countries and contain China’s rise.

Wang Hanling, a researcher on maritime affairs and international law at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Sino-US disputes at sea mainly arise from the different interpretation of items related to the “freedoms of navigation and over flight in an exclusive economic zone.”

US Admiral Robert Willard, new commander of the Pacific Fleet, said on Tuesday that the US is attempting to overcome disagreements with China after frank discussions between high-level US officials and their Chinese counterparts over recent confrontations at seas.

The two nations do not see eye to eye on the issue of maritime rights, but “we’re going to have to work our way through it … so they don’t continue to escalate,” Willard said on the sidelines of a regional naval conference in Singapore. (ANI)

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Tom Hanks forced to cut sex scenes from new movie due to time limit

May 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 13 (ANI): American actor Tom Hanks has revealed that he had to omit some sex scenes from his new movie ‘Angels and Demons’, as there was no time for “smooching” in the action-packed film.

The 52-year-old star plays the part of Harvard professor Robert Langdon, who investigates the murder of a physicist and a terrorist act against the Vatican by a secret brotherhood.

But moviemakers had to downplay the love scenes between Hanks’ character and his female companion, played by Ayelet Zurer, leaving the actor very disappointed.We really don’t have time to make out or go to bed when Cardinals are being killed on the hour. We tried to work it into the screenplay over and over again. We were like, ‘Isn’t there a bigger car with a bigger backseat?’” the Daily Express quoted him as telling Parade magazine.

“But we were stuck with an Alfa Romeo so we didn’t have an opportunity to grab some smooching on the way to the Pantheon or the Piazza Del Poppolo. It’s my loss, but I think it did make it easier for Ayelet,” he added. (ANI)

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