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On the journey to Kashmir by Peerzada Ashiq

Hindustan Times | June 14 , 2009

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My first day in Valley there are no posters and no rallies are being held....speaks Peerzada Ashiq.

Forbes annual list of the worlds billionaires is out and it shows that there are more people in the extremely rich bracket. The number of billionaires is 19 percent higher than in 2006, reaching a record 946 people from around the world. Their total net worth grew a whopping 35 percent to $3.5 trillion, a climb of a staggering $900, the magazine said on Thursday.

Forbes releases billionaire list for 2007

A motorcycle lover in Jaipur claims to own the smallest of two-sheelers, the first ever on the Indian roads. Bhanu Pratap Singh claims that the bike with 55 cc engine and 8 bhp power can be driven at an average speed of 50 to 60 km per hour. The desire to possess something unique prompted Singh to make this bike. The bike runs with one litre of petrol. The bike has a modern look with disc brakes, alloy wheels and crystal headlight.

Smallest motorcycle on Jaipur roads

<P>Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai is adding a must-have skill to her acting repertoire learning to use a sword astride a horse. </P>
<P>The Miss World-turned-actress will need the skills to play a famous Indian warrior queen in a new movie. </P>
<P>Aish is to play <EM>Rani</EM> (Queen) Lakshmibai, the legendary ruler of a north Indian princely state of Jhansi, who played a key role in the Indian war of Independence.</P>

Aishwarya Rai to play Rani Lakshmibai

<P>Hundreds of people are flocking to a remote village in Jharkhand to catch a glimpse of an old man who has built his own grave alongside his wifes and has been tending to it for the last six years. </P>
<P>Basanta Rai Guruji claims to be 107 years old and spends his day clearing weeds from the grave and lying in it. Belonging to a Hindu caste who bury their dead, Rai dug his own grave along his wifes after she died in late 2001 of cancer.</P>

107 year old man lies in his own grave

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The Border Security Force made a major breakthrough when they recovered 10 kilos of heroin and fake currencies of around 16 lakh rupees. The BSF recovered the illegal consignment from a goods train approaching India from Pakistan.

BSF retrieves drugs and fake currencies in Indo-Pak border

Disillusioned by the violent ideology of the naxals, four Maoist have surrendered before the police in Keonjhar district of Odisha. The Maoists also surrendered a gun and 16 live bullets to the police. As per police sources, the militants surrendered after suffering torture and humiliation by the top cadres. The authorities have also given the Maoists an amount of Rs. 50,000 each and have made arrangements for free education of their children.

Disillusioned maoist militants surrender to police

From Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu to Aamir Khan, Vidya Balan and Jaya Bachchan -- Bollywoods whos who, dressed predominantly in black and white, attended filmmaker Karan Johars grand 40th birthday bash, at the Taj Lands End hotel in Mumbai on Friday night.

Karan Johar’s big birthday bash: Part 1

In a recent development in the paternity case involving Congress leader ND Tiwari, Rohit Shekhar who claims to be the biological son of former Chief Minister ND Tiwari, and his mother Ujjawala Sharma today deposited their blood samples in the Delhi high court as per the Supreme Court’s order. Shekhar had moved to the Delhi high court in 2008 by filing the paternity suit seeking to declare Tiwari as his father.

Tiwary paternity case: Rohit, Ujjawala give blood samples

Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi hitting out at BJP said the party has forgotten their prime responsibility of functioning as an opposition party.

BJP is busy fighting within themselves: Alvi

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has compared Congress party led UPA government with tainted Godman Nirmal Baba. Modi also accused the government for not fulfilling the promises made during the elections. Speaking on the countrys current deteriorating economic condition, Modi raised serious questions over the governments capability in further running the country.

Govt like court of fraud Godman Nirmal Baba: Modi

<P>Army Chief General VK Singh has slammed Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag for involving the media over the show cause notice served to him regarding his conduct during an intelligence operation. </P>

Army Chief slams Lt Gen Dalbir Singh

Union Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh termed the massive subsidy given on fuel by the central government as unfair. Ramesh highlighted that subsidy should be given to only those in the strata of have nots who needed it and not to all.

Massive subsidy on fuel unfair: Jairam Ramesh

Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav held his predecessor Mayawati and the central government responsible for the hopeless condition of farmers facing acute shortage of gunny bags, for storing wheat and other food grains.

Akhilesh slams Mayawati over gunny bag shortage

Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh today met the pilots personally to discuss their grudges, and looking at the way he decided to shrug off a question on the deadlock, it appears that things just might be looking up for the national carrier, although Singh might not have any clue as to when the crisis will come to an end.

Civil aviation minister shrugs off deadlock

Pakistan home minister Rehman Malik today said that the agreement on a new visa regime with India would not be signed, but would be concluded at the political level. Speaking on the fact that India was insisting that Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed was the mastermind behind the Mumbai attacks, Rehman replied that Pakistani authorities would examine the new evidence against Saeed. It was widely expected that the two Secretaries would sign an agreement on a new, liberalized visa regime at the conclusion of their two-day talks today, but Malik said the pact would be “signed shortly”.

Liberalised visa regime pact with Pak remains uninked

Expressing outrage over the recent petrol price hike by the state-run oil marketing firms, government’s key ally, the DMK today announced that the party would launch a state wide agitation against the hike. Speaking to mediapersons in Chennai, DMK President M Karunanidhi asserted that he could not remain indifferent to the masses plight. Senior leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Biman Bose also resisted the unprecedented petrol price hike. Discontented with the hike in prices of petrol, Bose told mediapersons in Kolkata that with an unparalleled hike would increase woes of the common man.

DMK to agitate against petrol price hike

Justifying the latest hike in petrol prices union oil minister S Jaipal Reddy today said that global pressure had fuelled the price hike. Reddy added that the global oil prices were beyond government’s control. There will be no rollback in the hike for now, since the government cannot find an instant solution for the issue, the minister said.

Global oil prices beyond govt control: Jaipal Reddy

Hurriyat conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani termed the interlocutors report on the state as hollow and said the report had never cared to take into account the core issues and problems being faced by the people. Calling the interlocutors report a big disappointment, he said it was much ado about nothing.

Interlocutor's report overlooks the core issues of Kashmir: Geelani

In a shocking incident, 16 human skulls were recovered in some garbage near Baradari village in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh.

16 human skulls found in garbage

What do you do when you carry the weight of being the ‘world’s most beautiful woman’, and then one day wake up, and realize the entire world criticizing you for not remaining true to your duty? You either slip into oblivion, or go slamming and suing people, and then there is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Even as mediapersons and fans went blatantly rude on her back home, rebuking her post-pregnancy figure, Ash looked nothing short of dazzling at the AmfAR Cinema Against Aids gala in Cannes.

Ash back to her dazzling best at Cannes

Mumbai Indians may be out of the Indian Premier League season 5 but the innings of Mumbai skipper Harbhajan Singh doesnt end right there. Harbhajan is soon going to follow the likes of his former teammate Gautam Gambhir and get settled soon, maybe as soon as September.

Harbhajan Singh to get married in September

The Delhi high court today quashed the FIR against the Royal Challengers Bangalore player Luke Pomersbach for allegedly molesting US national Zohal Hamid and and assaulting her fiancé Sahil Peerzada. Zohal’s Lawyer, Rajiv Nayar said that the court had directed Delhi police to return Luke’s passport. Meanwhile, Zohal has said that the matter has been settled in a professional way. Zohal’s Fiancee, Sahil Peerzada expressed happiness over the decision of the court.

HC quashes FIR against Luke

Union home minister P Chidambaram, who inaugurated the central Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration and Tracking (IVFRT) office in New Delhi today, said every foreigner entering India will get efficient, speedy and courteous service. Chidambaram also said that the IVFRT would help the government to track immigrants, who were on the watch-list, look-out list, no-entry list and the foreigners overstaying their visa. The IVFRT’s objective is to develop and implement a secure and integrated service delivery system that would facilitate legitimate travelers while strengthening the security.

IVFRT to provide speedy services, to foreigners: Chidambaram

Defending the oil companies decision latest hike to petrol prices, union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh, today said that the hike was the result of depreciation of Indian rupee in the international market.Congress leader Jagdambika Pal also defended the decision by saying that it was imperative to hike the price of petrol. Meanwhile, the Delhi government has assured to provide relief to people of the state.

Govt defends petrol price hike

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