Monday, January 24, 2011

Atif Aslam caught red handed with Belly Dancers

Tax officials raid at houses of Katrina, Priyanka

MUMBAI: Indian income tax officials raided the houses of Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra.

Laptop Vs Mobile Phone for School Going Girls?


The school going girls are not mentally matured, thus they are more attracted and inclined towards the social evils and immoral activities.

Veena Malik Made it, Yes Seriously, She Made to Twitter Trends!

Thanks to couple of TV shows on local TV channels, earlier in the evening, Veena Malik has become the first lady from Pakistan to trend on Twitter, world wide.

Qadri declared main accused in Taseer murder case


The police on Monday declared Mumtaz Hussain Qadri main accused of Salman Taseer’s murder in a Challan submitted to the Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi.
Earlier, the case has been transferred to the ATC No. 2 in Adiyala Jail here.
The case of former Governor Punjab’s assassination was heard by Ikhlaq Ahmed. The Challan also included the confession statement of the accused.
A stern action against the accused has been demanded in the Challan.

Microsoft publishes windows 7 and Office 2010 in Urdu


Microsoft, under its project Language Interface Pack (LIP) has published Urdu version of their most wanted operating system Windows 7 and office 2010.
This is the first time that any Microsoft operating system has been translated and released (all versions) in Urdu. Previously, Microsoft has released 64-bit Urdu version of Windows XP, Office 2003, Office 2007 and Windows Vista, said a press release issued here on Monday.
Microsoft and their partner lauds Pakistani organization ‘inksoft’ for their best performance in this great

Toyota sold 8.4M vehicles in 2010 to hold top spot


Toyota sold 8.42 million vehicles globally in 2010, narrowly remaining the world’s top automaker ahead of General Motors amid recall woes in the key North American market.
GM also released a new tally Monday for its global 2010 sales, at 8.39 million vehicles, slightly fewer than Toyota’s number, but a dramatic 12 percent rebound from 7.48 million vehicles the year before.
The race between the two giants appears to be getting close, with the chance the tables could be turned, seeing GM once again rising to the top.

500-year-old copy of Holy Quran to be published online

500-year-old copy of Holy Quran to be published online MANCHESTER: A rarely-seen manuscript of one of the world's most important copies of the Holy Quran is to be published online.

The hand-written holy book, estimated to be around 500 years old, is so precious and fragile scholars have been unable to put it on display.

Now experts at the University of Manchester's John Rylands Library are using digital technology to photograph each page and publish the book online to enable scholars and students to study it.

The fragile 470-page book is kept by in the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library.

Each of the 470 pages measures 35in by 24in, the size of

Atif Aslam’s Facebook Page Has the Highest Daily Growth Rate

Facebook is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns

Facebook blamed for divorce cases LONDON: Facebook, which was first blamed for encouraging illicit encounters, is being increasingly cited as an evidence while seeking divorce.

Family lawyers have revealed that the problem has become so great that almost every divorce they have dealt with in the past year has involved the website.

One expert said she had dealt with 30 cases in the last nine months and Facebook had been implicated in them all.

Whilst another online law company said one in five of their divorce petitions in the past year contain references to Facebook.

Emma Patel, the head of family law at Hart Scales &

Severe quake hit upper parts of country

Severe quake hit upper parts of country ISLAMABAD: A severe earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter-scale, rocked upper parts of the country including federal capital, Geo News reported.

According to the sources, the quake jolted cities including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Mansehra, Abbotabad, Charsadda.

The epicenter of the quake was Tajikistan.

Hyper Veena Malik Vs Syed Noor in Front Line - 23rd January 2011

Sanjay cleared off his jadoo ki jhappi charges


Controversies have been a part of Sanjay Dutt’s life. The actor who has always made headlines for all wrong reasons can now take a sigh of relief. He has been cleared off the charge of using derogatory words against Mayawati, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh by the Allahabad High Court.
He had said, “Main Mayawatiji ko jaadu ki jhappi aur pappi dono doonga”, during one of his rallies in 2009.
Taking offense to his words, some government official’s had filed a case against the actor for having made such lewd statements about the Chief Minister of a state. Sanjay

Facebook to unveil financials, raises $1.5 billion


Facebook is preparing to open its books this year or early in 2012 to give investors a glimpse into the financial workings of the world’s No. 1 social network, after it sealed an oversubscribed $1.5 billion round of financing led by Goldman Sachs.
The financing, $1 billion of which is from Goldman Sachs’ overseas clients and $500 million from Goldman itself and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, gives the company a projected value of $50 billion, setting the stage for what could be one of the largest initial public

Aamir Khan on Berlinale jury


Bollywood actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan, who is busy amassing accolades for his latest project “Dhobi Ghat”, is on the international jury of the upcoming 61st Berlin International Film Festival.
The 45-year-old is sharing the honour with Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Australian producer Jan Chapman, German actress Nina Hoss, Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin and British costume designer Sandy Powell.
Italian actress Isabella Rossellini will head the jury, said an update on the festival’s official website.

Saif Ali Khan: Selling Pent House All Because He Is Fed Up Of His Neighbors


Saif Ali Khan is a man with absolute taste and style. Thus while going in for investing in a pent house for himself a few years back, he and his muse Kareena had picked one which was available far above the other high rises in a suburb in Mumbai.
According to tabloid reports, the pent house which was extremely well furnished with the minutest details given by Saif Ali Khan and Kareena as they wanted it. Thus the pent house has come out extremely well planned and beautiful plush interiors make it an absolute heaven.

Did nothing immoral in BB4: Veena Malik


Pakistani actress Veena Malik has said there was nothing immoral about her relationship with Bollywood actor Ashmit Patel or any other member of Bigg Boss House.
“All criticism of my action is baseless, because it is being hurled without knowing the facts,” Veena said in an interview with a private TV on Friday night.
“I belong to the entertainment industry and have not done anything that I have not done before,” she said.
The actress said she was not representing Pakistan on the show but only the entertainment industry

Veena wants Musharraf in Pak Bigg Boss


Actress Veena Malik has said that she want former President Pervez Musharraf to appear in a Pakistani version of Bigg Boss.
According to sources, Veena was asked in an interview about the contestants she would choose if Pakistan were to host the reality show.
“Former President Pervez Musharraf, former minister Sheikh Rashid, parliamentarian Jamsheed Dasti, Nargis, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Aishwarya Rai, actress Meera, Britney Spears and Indian extremist party Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray”, Veena said

Thousands of ‘Red Shirts’ rally in Thai capital


Thousands of Thai “Red Shirts” gathered in Bangkok on Sunday, police said, to mark eight months since a deadly military crackdown on their mass anti-government protest last year.
Wearing their trademark colour and singing the “Red in the Land” anthem, protesters waved banners reading “Liar State!” and held aloft pictures of their hero, fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Police said around 27,000 people joined the peaceful demonstration by the Reds, whose April and

China’s new stealth fighter may use US technology


Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority — and some of its technology, it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself.
Balkan military officials and other experts have told The Associated Press that in all probability the Chinese gleaned some of their technological know-how from an American F-117 Nighthawk that was shot down over Serbia in 1999.
Nighthawks were the world’s first stealth fighters, planes that were very hard for radar to detect. But on March 27, 1999, during NATO’s aerial bombing of Serbia in the Kosovo war, a Serbian anti-aircraft

Consumers downbeat on job, inflation worries: Nielsen


Consumers in most countries globally look set to keep a tight grip on spending in coming months as they worry about job security and rising inflation, a survey by the Nielsen Company showed on Sunday.
U.S. consumer confidence in the fourth quarter held steady from the third quarter but 45 percent of Americans see a weak economic environment this year, compared with 38 percent of Europeans and 19 percent of consumers in the Asia Pacific.
“The U.S. jobless rate remains at the

Bazmee’stole’ Mallika from Indra Kumar!


Anees Bazmee made a last minute decision to shoot an item number with Akshay Kumar and Mallika Sherawat for “Thank You” and had to steal the actress from Indra Kumar who was filming some intricate group shots with her presence for “Double Dhamaal”.
“We needed her for five days and Indra Kumar, who is a dear friend, was sporting enough to lend Mallika to us,” said Bazmee who admits that the item song “Razia goondon mein phans gayi” was an after-thought and therefore created big date problems.

Saif excited about first political venture


Romance, drama, action, thriller – he has done all but Saif Ali Khan hasn’t tried a political thriller yet and says Prakash Jha’s “Aarakshan” is his first in the genre.
The actor is starring in Jha’s high voltage political drama that also has Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Prateik Babbar and Manoj Bajpayee.
“This is my first time in a political movie. Considering my rest of the films are commercial, it is good to be in something socially relevant,” Saif told IANS.
The movie is based on caste-based reservations in

Start working than talking about ‘Mr. India’ sequel: Anil Kapoor


Anil Kapoor is irritated with people making castles in the air about the sequel to his 1987 sci-fi hit “Mr. India” and says rather than talking, we should start the project.
“We have all been talking about it and I think more than talking, we should start working on it. There is nothing we can talk about it as of now you know. It is completely blank. We should get going,” Anil told IANS.
To be produced by Boney Kapoor, the Part II is going to be shot in 3D. While Anil and Sridevi are to reprise their roles as Arun Verma and Seema Sohni, respectively,