A Jammu resident who lost her son in a road accident 17 years ago

A Jammu resident who lost her son in a road accident 17 years ago, on April 5, finds image of his son in a city boy with deformed limbs who shares his date of his birth with death anniversary When octogenarian Nimita (name changed on request), who always believed in destiny, met 17-year-old Nadeem Sheikh, she thought it was more than a coincidence. Seventeen years after her son died soon after amputation of legs following a road accident, Nimita was face to face with a teenager with deformed lower limbs in whom she saw image of her lost son. And she had reasons to believe so.  Mohd Nadeem Sheikh was going to turn 17,...

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Mumbai Indians win the Match

Is it the tide of change? That will be the question as defending champions CSK suffer rare home defeat NEW KINGS Mumbai Indians’ captain Harbhajan Singh (2nd R) jumps to celebrate with teammates the dismissal of Chennai Super Kings’ Ravichandran Ashwin during their IPL match in Chennai on Wednesday It will be wrong to judge the final outcome of the fifth edition of Indian Premier League from just one match. That too the opening match.  But questions will be raised — including the now oft-repeated question — has Midas touch deserted Mahendra Singh Dhoni? With Super Kings tottering at five for 85 in the 13th over, the...

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little Pari, Shahida meet for DNA test

Mumbai resident who claims to be the abandoned baby’s mother submitted her ration card, her child’s birth certificate and photographs to RPF cops. She, however, did not have a photo ID proof. DNA test results expected in four-five days The ordeal is not over yet for little Pari who was found abandoned in a train on Wednesday. Saiyed Kaneez Zaira alias Shahida, the Mumbai woman who claimed the baby is her daughter Rukaiya, reached Ahmedabad on Saturday morning. She carried with her some documents to support her claim.  STOLEN MOMENTS: Shahida (in burqa) feeds Pari icecream as her friend Raees Fatima tries to quiet the...

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Saif-Kareena set a last week of January 2013

With Agent Vinod out and Kareena’s films scheduled to wrap up by December, the couple prepare to wed in the last week of Jan The most eagerly awaited Bollywood event in recent times has surely been the big Pataudi-Kapoor wedding. The question had never been 'will they or won't they' but rather 'When will Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan tie the knot?' And though both the actors have remained tight lipped, speculations have refused to die down. While many predicted a 2012 wedding, soon after the release of Agent Vinod, Mumbai Mirror has learnt that the couple will finally get married early next year. A source close to the couple...

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Tatra truck deal: CBI issues lookout notice against Vectra chief Ravi Rishi

NEW DELHI: The CBI has issued a "look out notice" to prevent NRI businessman Ravi Rishi, owner of Britain-based Vectra group, from leaving the country, a CBI official said on Sunday. The Central Bureau of Investigation has alerted all airports and border check points about Rishi, the official told IANS. Vectra group has been accused of alleged irregularities in the supply of Tatra trucks to the Indian Army. Army chief General VK Singh has alleged that he was offered Rs.14 crore in bribe to clear a file related to the purchase of the trucks. The CBI raided Tatra offices in Bangalore and New Delhi on Friday. Earlier,...

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Despite the hospital’s claim that strike hasn’t affected their functioning

Despite the hospital’s claim that strike hasn’t affected their functioning, figures show that more patients were taking discharge against medical advice Vipul Rajput       Posted On Friday, March 30, 2012 at 03:25:21 AM Only 90 patients were admitted to Civil on Thursday as against 148 before the strike began ...

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Amdavadis place more faith in gods than education

Compared to 19,787 religious places in the city, Ahmedabad has only 6,596 educational institutes and 8,794 hospitals, reveals census figures Amdavadis place more faith in gods than education, if we go by the latest census report. According to figures in the report on the use of buildings or houses, the city has more places of worship than places of education. For every school/college in the city, there are three places of worship, big and small. One pc (33.08 lakh) of all surveyed buildings in the country is a place of worship while in Gujarat it is 1.2 pc (2.1 lak...

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Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani They’re jolly good fellows

Mirror spends a day with Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani who were at their wittiest best on the sets of their upcoming film Jolly LLB They upheld the true meaning of being a doctor. And then they indulged in Gandhigiri. Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani, who had united for the successful Munna Bhai series, will once again come together for a film on the nuances of law. And Mirror caught up with the two actors on the sets of Subhash Kapoor’s film titled Jolly LLB at Filmalay Studios (Mumbai) on Wednesday.  EXCLUSIVE: Boman and Arshad have fun on the sets of Jolly LLB The first thing that struck us when we entered the studio was...

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Responsible for Neil Armstrong landing on the moon

The engines that blasted the moon-landing mission of 1969, burned and fell into the Atlantic Agencies       Posted On Friday, March 30, 2012 at 03:22:12 AM The F-1 engines of Apollo 11 were responsible for Neil Armstrong landing on the moon Seattle: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos claims he has located the long-submerged F-1 engines that blasted Apollo 11 into space on its historic 1969 mission to the moo...

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