2008 October

Harbhajan, Mona Singh are ‘Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena’ winners

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Cricketer Harbhajan Singh and TV actress Mona Singh’s power-packed Punjabi performance in the grand finale of the dance reality show ‘Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena’ helped them bag the award for the best dancers on the show.

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SIMI threatens to kill me: Sangharsh Samiti leader

Jammu, Oct 25 (IANS) Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti leader Leela Karan Sharma Saturday said the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) has threatened to kill him.

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GJM activists lay siege on ABGL leader’s house

Siliguri (West Bengal), Oct 25 (IANS) Hundreds of activists of the pro-Grokhaland Gorkha Janamukti Morcha Saturday laid a siege on Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) president Madan Tamang’s house and ordered him to leave West Bengal’s Darjeeling hills for making ‘false allegations’ against GJM supremo Bimal Gurung.

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Delhi Police beef up security ahead of Diwali

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The top brass of Delhi Police Saturday decided on a series of measures to ensure safety and security of the capital’s residents during this festive season.

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Mohun Bagan held by 10-man East Bengal in I-League

Kolkata, Oct 25 (IANS) Mohun Bagan failed to get the better of a 10-man East Bengal as the archrivals finished 1-1 in an I-league encounter here Saturday.

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Injured Mithun still a daredevil in movies

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Some stars never age. Actor Mithun Chakraborty is one of them.

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Bopanna, Mirnyi storm into Petersburg final (Lead)

St. Petersburg, Oct 25 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi continued their brilliant run to enter the doubles final of the St Petersburg Open, sweeping past Mikhail Mertinak of Slovakia and Croatian Lovro Zovko in straight sets.

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‘Bring back remains of Bahadur Shah Zafar’

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The mortal remains of India’s last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar should be brought from Yangon to here, a committee on freedom movement has demanded as it celebrated the freedom fighter’s 233rd birth anniversary.

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Congress clears 53 candidates for Delhi elections

New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) The Congress leadership Saturday cleared the names of 53 candidates, including almost all cabinet ministers, for next month’s Delhi assembly elections but the official announcement would be made only after Diwali, party sources said.

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Mayawati blessing for cancelling Rahul’s address to students?

Lucknow, Oct 25 (IANS) While the Uttar Pradesh government has denied its role in preventing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from addressing university students in Kanpur, informed sources say that the move could not have been possible without Chief Minister Mayawati’s backing.

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