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Brother, sister die in span of 30 minutes

A brother-sister duo reportedly died within a span of 30 minutes in Bakshi Ka Talab area of the state capital on Thursday early morning.

Youth kills brother over illicit relations with wife

A 22-year-old youth was arrested on Tuesday for murdering his elder brother on the suspicion that he had had an illicit relationship with his wife, who had committed suicide some three months ago.

Karzai’s brother defends $1m gain from villa sale

Mahmoud blames ejected executives for Afghan Bank crisis

Leaves of Grass – Official Trailer [HD]

Subhash Yadav may desert brother-in-law Lalu, join Congress

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s brother-in-law Subhash Yadav is likely to desert him and join the Congress ahead of the Bihar assembly elections in October-November, party sourc

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Sa Re Ga Map Pa Singing Superstar: First Look

Why is India’s oldest singing competition show also the best? There are several reasons which we’ll talk about – but if I had to summarize I’d say that it deftly mixes tremendous talent with tremendous whackiness.

How does it do so? Well, for one SRGMP enforces some pretty high standards of singing. Remember how Shreeram on Indian Idol used to get wah, wahs for every peformance of his? On this show, he’d be tested at best and pulled apart most days. Because SRGMP has a rich history on Indian TV and has conjured some of the notable playback singers of today (Sonu Nigaam, Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Himani Kapoor, Ujjaini, Raja Hasan), it has a solid reputation as a star making show.

 Then there is the tacky craziness. How does one go about doing that? You have to throw all kinds of edgy characters in the mix and hit the ON button. This is exactly what SRGMP does. Let me give you a few examples.

Early on in the highly enjoyable audtion episodes, a judge – who shall remain unnamed – used to come on the show wearing a cap that had "MARSEILLES" printed on it vertically. Whenever he sat down, all I could see was the word "ARSE". This would keep me in chuckles even when the show dragged. Now this can’t be staged – it just happens.

Yet another example: how many times has Salman Khan come on shows to shill for his movies? Many times. Usually everyone on the show will prostrate themselves in front of him and swoon and such like. Salman will say some "achha insaan" type stuff, come on stage and shake his hips. Much will be made of him. But have you ever seen a fawning fan make a request to hoist Salman on his shoulders? That happened on SRGMP. And that’s just last week! You just have to hope that the personalities you’ve picked deliver entertainment for you, which on this show they do.

Speaking of which, how about the host and those judges?

SRGMP is hosted in a laid back style by Purab Kohli (Rock On). Think previous host Aditya Narayan, but with a dash (just a dash so far) of personality. Purab often shows up in outfits that remind me of Star Trek episodes (the William Shatner ones), sometimes combs his hair and refers to the judges as MENTOS. This I think is supposed to be "mentors" but clearly Purab is all about sweet stuff and candy. Purab also emits dhaasu dialogs like "Guru sishya ko bhagwaan dikhate hai!" I don’t quite understand most of it but it sure sounds impressive.

There are five judges on this show, divided into three gharaanas. Vishal and Shekhar head up The Hit Squad. Vishal comes dressed in rockeasy T-shirts and is at his best when he’s ticked off. Once some dude with a really sad face came to the auditions all the way from Australia. Just as he was getting annoying, Vishal summarily dismissed the hopeful, who promptly went behind the stage and whined about how he wasn’t given a chance. This was pretty darn funny.

Vishal’s composing partner Shekhar has recently allowed his beard to defeat his stubble and shows up looking squeeky clean handsome. He is the show’s sur ka pujari, carefully bringing contestants down to earth when they aren’t meeting the show’s standards.

When the contestants were divided into gharanas – a brief ceremony called Gonda (which sounds mildly obscene if you ask me) – Vishal and Shekhar made some comments about how they were all going to enjoy themselves. Clearly, the Hit Squad is all about FUN.

Then there is one of Indian films’ most underrated singers: Daler Mehndi. Let me start by saying that when all the judges first arrived on the show in a ricksha, Daler came driving one. Daler wears flashy jackets, unleashes his nuclear powered voice at appropriate times and breaks out in Punjabi when he’s overwhelmed. Often he’ll talk about how he had to go through so much beizzati to become a star himself. This makes the contestants nervous because they don’t know how to react.

During his Gonda, Daler sang some devotional prayer. This moved the memsaab to tears and made me chuckle. Clearly Judge Tunaktunak’s gharana is all about DEVOTION.

Finally there are judges Sajid and Wajid - perveyors of tremendous band-baaja music. Their pairing with Salman Khan is a match made in heaven and has spiralled them to fame. Sajid plays the nice guy, often referring to everyone as "brother" unless you are Salman Khan in which case he calls you "bhai". Once Sajid was so impressed with a contestant that he gave him Rs 501. A little later he went back on stage and took it back. Yes, don’t ask!

Wajid on the other hand has a bit of a mountain man air about him, smiles a lot and flirts with the female contestants incessantly. He also says things like "Kya Baat Hai" and "Jiyo" but has been sadly low key since the audtions ended. Both brothers lead the Veer gharana and start proceedings by singing "Veera, veera, veeraack!" which is tremendously amusing.

During the Gonda, the Veeraack Brothers started scarfing sweets. Clearly this gharana is all about FOOD.

 Lest you think SRGMP is all random craziness, I should point out how skillfully the producers bring everything together to generate this much fun. Take the set for example. The contestants sing on a gigantic star, which represents their potential. They sit with the backdrop of the Star of David and sing bhajans and qawaalis, which represents how music transcends religion. And they sing in front of a backdrop that looks like Tetris, which represents that this show is, after all, a game.

How clever is THAT?!

Salman, Sohail:We are family

After the rumours that Salman Khan and his brother Sohail have had a falling out, the two brothers made an appearance together along with younger brother Arbaaz at the launch of a website at a suburban five star hotel. Incidentally, the news broke last week when a tabloid said that all is not well between the two and Sohail is no longer looking after brother Salman’s work.

Our source said,

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Woman kills children to elope with her lover

Haryana Police have arrested both, the woman and her brother-in-law, from a village in Patiala district of Punjab.

Weaver strangled and bludgeoned to death

Close on the heels of the murder of a rowdy’s brother, Kamakshipalya was witness to another murder.

Peon gets bail in rape case

Additional district and sessions judge Lalit Batra on Friday granted bail to an accused, who, along with his minor brother, was booked on charges of kidnapping and raping a minor girl on August 2.

School bus crushes 2-yr-old girl in Nerul

A two-year-old girl was crushed to death under a school bus on Friday in Nerul. Her five-year-old brother who was also hit by the bus is in serious condition. Police have arrested the driver of the bus, Raja Moihuddin Faqir (30). G. Mohiuddin Jeddy reports.

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Spycam: Ford Fiesta Crossover Prototype

Ford’s Kuga could be getting a little brother

BB, the ultimate BFF

For the first time in 24 years, I felt a frisson of disconnect. Last week, a close friend’s younger brother was down with dengue and needed blood. I was the last one to learn of it. Shalini Singh writes.

Mazhar re-arrested in spot-fixing scam

Mazhar Majeed, his wife and elder brother have been arrested by Customs officers investigating a money laundering operation.

Youth killed in road accident at Kotturpuram

An 18-year-old youth who was riding pillion on a two-wheeler along with his brother, was run over by a garbage lorry at Kotturpuram on Tuesday night. The police said R Murugan, who works as a painter, was knocked down by a garbage truck, which was towing another lorry near the HDFC Bank in Kotturpuram.

‘Modi’s supari’ comment contempt of SC’

Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, has sent a legal notice to chief minister Narendra Modi for his remarks at a public gathering that Congress has given a ‘supari’ to CBI to finish him. He said Modi’s utterance amounted to contempt of Supreme Court.

‘Bookie’ Majeed held for UK forex racket

Mazhar Majeed, the London-based alleged bookie whose revelations sparked off the current furore over ‘spot fixing’ by Pakistani cricketers, was also arrested for his involvement in a money laundering operation. His wife and elder brother Azhar Majeed had been arrested as well. Dipankar De Sarkar and Bivabasu Kumar report. All smoke no fire? | How betting mafia fixes the game | In pics

Satyam scam accused get notices from apex court

Hyderabad, Aug. 30: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Satyam scam accused, B. Rama Raju, the brother of Ramalinga Raju, and four others who were granted bail by the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

The former managing director of Satyam Computer Services Ltd, B. Rama Raju, the CFO, Vadlamani Srinivas, and other employees, Ramakrishna, Venkatapati Raju and Srisailam, were granted bail on Jul

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Man killed, wife stabbed over job loss

Driven by revenge, a man killed his 24-year-old ex-colleague and stabbed his wife on Saturday morning. Umesh Alure, the deceased’s brother, in his complaint to the Panaji police, said that his brother Sidaram alias Siddesh Alure, 24, who hails from Maharashtra, was killed by Shyam Anchal, 25.

‘Lord’s Test betting scam’ allegations ‘rubbish’: Majeed

The brother and business partner of London-based Mazhar Majeed, the alleged man behind a £150,000 match-fixing scandal involving the Pakistan team, insists that the allegations are “just rubbish.”

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Property dispute: brothers, cousin murder elder brother

Rivalry over the amount of compensation for land led to the murder of a man in Kavi Nagar, while another 60-year-old man was shot and critically injured near Sahibabad railway station, allegedly by his relatives, over the same issue, police said. Peeyush Khandelwal reports.

Threat call to Ram Gopal Varma

Well known film director Ram Gopal Varma on Sunday received telephone calls threatening him with dire consequences if he goes ahead with his political drama ‘Rakta Charitra’.

According to sources, the calls allegedly came from the Obul Reddy group of Anantapur.
Obul Reddy is the brother of Maddelacheruvu Suryanarayana Reddy, better known as

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Cricket ‘fix’ claims shock arrested man’s brother

‘I found it not laughable, because you don’t laugh at things like that, but I thought it was just rubbish,’ Azhar Majeed says

Paswan open to Muslim candidate for deputy chief ministership

Under attack from opposition for projecting his brother Pashupati Kumar Paras as candidate for deputy chief ministership, LJP supremo, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, has said that he was open to appointment of a Muslim candidate for the post if the RJD-LJP combine comes to power.

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Congress has more to walk via the by-election route

The much-publicized Bangalore-Bellary padayatra is over. The response from the people en route was rousing. Congressmen are in high spirits. They also got a shabhashi from the high command. But one question has been bothering them. Will the fruits of this hard labour turn into votes? And the day to test the waters has come sooner than expected. Two assembly by-elections are due in September. One in Gulbarga South and another in Kadur. One was held by the BJP and another by the Congress till the demise of the two MLAs.

An acid test, indeed. The Congress will have to win both seats with a comfortable margin to not only herald its comeback but also arrest the BJP in its tracks. In Gulbarga South, it has fielded young Ajay Singh, son of former CM and strongman Dharam Singh. He is a doctor by profession but no novice to politics. He has been ably nurturing his father’s assembly constituency Jewargi for some time. His victory is important for the Congress. One, it will provide a shock to the BJP, which held the seat. Two, it will help pump in the much-needed young blood into the Congress leadership. Will Ajay’s success prove to be a turning point? If he wins, he has a bright future. Particularly when young Rahul Gandhi is emerging as a strong power centre in the national party.

Ajay has a tough job on hand. The JD(S) has stepped in by fielding Aruna Patil, wife of the BJP MLA whose death necessitated the by-election. She is upset with the BJP for not giving her a ticket. The BJP has fielded MLC Sashil Namoshi. Ajay would have wished the JD(S) had allowed him to fight the BJP single-handedly. It would make his task easier. But the JD(S) has its own game plan. Ajay will have to ensure that the JD(S) doesn’t cut into Congress vote banks. Plus, he will have to lure those who voted for the BJP last time. Not an easy task. Particularly because this is his first electoral battle. Will the padayatra’s success help him?

The Kadur seat is a little complicated for the Congress. It has fielded K M Kemparaju, brother of the deceased MLA, hoping to cash in on the sympathy factor. The JD(S) has fielded Y S V Datta, party spokesman and MLC. The BJP nominee is Y C Vishwanath, who had unsuccessfully contested the last assembly elections. The Congress will have to retain the seat to prove that it is on a winning spree. As in the case of Gulbarga South, the JD(S) will be a thorn in its flesh. Datta is no novice. Deve Gowda and sons depend upon him a lot. He is their backroom boy. Though he is a council member, they want him in the assembly to help voice the party’s views on issues. The BJP is certain to move heaven and earth to snatch the seat. And so, it’ll be no cakewalk for the Congress.

The Congress has been struggling to bounce back. It lacked unity. Every leader aspired to become the CM. Ego problems led to creation of groups. Aged leaders refused to encourage young and bright partymen. New entrants found themselves unwanted. Love-hate relationship with the JD(S) has added to its problems. The padayatra may or may not have helped it take on the BJP and the Reddy brothers. But it has definitely helped partymen bond well. If the party is keen on getting back on its tracks, it shouldn’t lose the momentum the padayatra created. The BJP is going strong, in spite of all odds. And the JD(S) is fishing in troubled waters.

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Sorry to see you so apologetic, Mr CM

These days chief minister Yeddyurappa has been cutting a sorry figure in public. When he is confronted with a problem he at once tenders an apology. Be it power shutdowns, a minister’s road rage or an attack on scribes by some officials. The number of apologies total 17, according to some who have kept track. Mr CM, this shows you in a bad light. Better crack down on erring ministers and officials, and ensure that problems are resolved. We need a CM who delivers, not one who keeps saying sorry.
 
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Boy remains dwarf due to mom’s neglect

London, Aug. 28: A nine-year-old boy in Britain was neglected so badly by his mother that it shunted his growth, leaving him a dwarf.

The boy, who was not named, developed a condition called “psychosocial dwarfism,” in which body stops producing a growth hormone due to extreme stress. This left him significantly shorter than his six-year-old brother.

The incident came to light when some

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Al Habsi makes his case for game against Spurs

Al Habsi’s brother and manager Ahmad Al Habsi said the logical thing for Martinez to do now would be to play Ali instead of Kirkland this Saturday

Neglected British boy becomes dwarf

A nine-year-old boy in Britain was so badly neglected by his mother that he stopped growing, a media report said.

The boy developed a condition called psycho-social dwarfism, Daily Mail reported on its website on Friday. This left him significantly shorter than his six-year-old brother, prosecutors told a judge.

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Defending the Internet: National Security Vs. Big Brother

In the wake of revelations that the US military network was compromised in 2008, and that US digital interests are under a relative constant threat of attack, the Pentagon is establishing new cyber security initiatives to protect the Internet. The Pentagon strategy–which is part digital NATO, part digital civil defense, and part Big Brother–may ruffle some feathers and raise concerns that the US Internet is becoming a military police state.

Husband fools woman, takes 3 kids to Saudi with brother help

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 26: An Arab woman has filed a complaint with the Adan Police Station accusing her Saudi husband of escaping to Saudi Arabia with their three children, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.
In her complaint the wife said her husband works…

Party to chalk out road map for 2014 polls

One of the key players in the party and brother-in-law of PRP president Chiranjeevi, Allu Aravind, said a road map for the 2014 polls would be chalked out at the plenary

Saif and Soha’s boyfriend

Young Kunal Khemu and Soha Ali Khan are slowly coming out in the open about dating each other. Perhaps this recent candour is because their relationship seems to have garnered the approval of Soha’s elder brother Saif and his partner, Kareena.

Kunal says, “Both of them are great people but whenever we meet, we never discuss out work. It becomes difficult to catch up with them, but once in a

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KCR gifts `1 lakh to Vijayashanti

Hyderabad, Aug. 24: With nine sisters, Raksha Bandhan has always been a special day for the TRS chief, Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Every year he has to shell out considerable sums of money to his sisters who tie rakhis on him.

KCR’s parents, Mr Raghava Rao and Mrs Venkatamma had 11 children, of them two boys, KCR and his elder brother. His elder brother deceased a long time ago and KCR is the o

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Ambazari cops keep assault victim waiting to file plaint

In another instance of police showing insensitivity towards complainants, a 26-year-old woman, who was assaulted by her brother-in-law, was made to wait for almost 24 hours to register a complaint.

Tusshar is too protective: Ekta

Ekta Kapoor, who is celebrating Raksha Bandhan, says her kid brother is a bit too protective about her.

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