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Posted on April 22, 2009 with No Comments
The ‘Jai Ho’ trust by the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ filmmakers
has hired a social worker to ensure the welfare of Rubina Ali Qureshi
after her father allegedly tried to sell her for nearly $300,000. Read More »
Tags: Rafiq Quresh, Rubina Ali, Slumdog Millionaire
Category: News and Media
Posted on April 22, 2009 with No Comments
People in 12 states and union territories will vote on Thursday to elect 140 MPs in the second phase of LS elections being contested by big names including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, George Fernandes, Ramvilas Paswan and Sushma Swaraj with their campaigning focussed mostly on the theme who is fit to lead the country.
Election is already on Wednesday in one seat in Manipur Lok Sabha constituency, although polling there is counted as part of round-two of the five-phase elections.
Tags: India Election, India Voting, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar
Category: News and Media, Politics
Posted on April 21, 2009 with No Comments
Rafiq Qureshi, the father of Slumdog Millionaire starlet Rubina Ali, has been arrested over claims that he tried to sell his daughter for 200,000 pounds.
A complaint from the 36-year-old man’s ex-wife initiated the arrest.
Indian cops spent several hours quizzing Qureshi and are now on a prowl to obtain video recordings of the meeting at which the deal was supposedly brokered, reports ‘The Sun’. Read More »
Tags: Khurshida, Rafiq Quresh, Rubina Ali, Slumdog Millionaire
Category: News and Media
Posted on April 21, 2009 with No Comments
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati features on the cover of Newsweek’s latest edition, with the US weekly drawing parallels between
her and US President Barack Obama - in their rise to political heights though belonging to the bottom of the social ladder. Read More »
Posted on April 21, 2009 with No Comments
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani has said that the BJP is the only “truly” secular party in the country.
Campaigning in Bangalore, Advani charged the Congress Party of pampering to minority Muslims. Read More »
Tags: Afzal Guru, Anand Mohan, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), L K Advani, Muslims
Category: Business & Economy