Lindsay Lohan Back in Court
February 19, 2011 by Trend PK
Filed under Entertainment
The case of the stolen necklace has landed Lindsay Lohan back in court. According to the police report, before trying on the necklace in question, she removed her own necklaces and put them on the counter.
“Ms. Lohan then proceeds to try on numerous rings and three different necklaces including the missing yellow diamond necklace.”
The police report goes onto explain that after shopping for some time. Lohan then put her own necklaces back on and left the store still wearing the missing necklace.
Apparently a similar incident happened at the same shop a few days prior. Lohan had nearly left the store wearing an expensive earring, almost leaving her own even more expensive pair of earrings behind. This could support her claim that it was all a misunderstanding. But the trouble is she didn’t return the necklace to the store upon realizing her ‘mistake’.
Akshay Kumar endorsed Micromax phone loses its ‘bling’
There’s some bad news for those of you who are in love with the Akshay Kumar endorsed Micromax Mobiles. The news is that, Akki will no longer be able to say “It twinkles!” in the ad, while his wifey dearest Twinkle Khanna flashes a ‘Micromax Bling’ phone.
Reason? Well, Delhi High Court has restrained Micromax, from selling or advertising the ‘Bling’ brand as it acceded to a trademark violation filed by Delhi-based mobile phone maker Bling Telecom. The order states that the court has restrained Micromax, including its employees, agents, representatives, or anyone acting on their behalf, from using the trademark ‘Bling’ or any other name confusingly similar till the next date of hearing, February 8, 2011.
The court order (dated October 19, 2010), restrains the said company from displaying the Bling ads on TV and print.
Hopefully, Akshay will cover up for the missing ‘Bling’ with his presence in the commercials.
Indian troops kill another youth in HK
July 6, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
SRINAGAR: A young man was killed Tuesday when security forces opened fire at stone-throwing agitators in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK), police said, the latest in a series of deaths that have stoked public anger.
Indian police and paramilitary forces struggling to control protests in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley have now killed 12 civilians in less than a month.
“The young man was killed when security forces opened fire at a very violent rally,” a police officer who declined to be named told media.
The incident took place in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, which has been at the centre of furious demonstrations since June 11 when a 17-year-old student died from a police teargas shell.
Tuesday”s death occurred when security forces opened fire to disperse a demonstration triggered by the disappearance of another protester, a witness said.
The youth went missing Monday evening after freedom fighter clashed with police and paramilitary forces in Srinagar.
Residents said he drowned in a stream during the clash, though no official comment has been issued on the allegation.
Crowds poured onto the streets on Tuesday morning chanting, “We want freedom” and “blood for blood.”
Freedom fighters have fought against rule by New Delhi for 20 years, campaigning for independence or for Muslim-majority Kashmir to join neighbouring Pakistan.
The insurgency, which India alleges is fuelled by Pakistan, has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Seven dead in Bangladesh ferry sinking: police
July 6, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
DHAKA: Divers searching a river in Bangladesh found seven dead bodies on Tuesday, two days after a packed ferry hit a barge and sank near the capital Dhaka, police said.
Police inspector Fazlul Haq said nine more people were still missing after the ferry, which was overloaded with about 80 passengers, collided with a sand barge in the Shitalakkhya river on Sunday night.
“The divers have found seven dead bodies. We don”t think the missing persons have survived,” Haq said, adding the search would continue.
Police initially put 11 people in the list of missing but raised the number to 16 based on information from relatives.
Boat accidents due to lax safety standards and overloading are common in Bangladesh, which is criss-crossed by 230 rivers.
Four drown at Sandspit
KARACHI: At least four people drowned while swimming at Sandspit beach of Karachi today; however, another one has been rescued, Geo News reported Sunday.
A holiday once again proved disastrous to some families, when their four members lost their lives, while having fun at Karachi beach of Sandspit.
According to details, some people from Nazimabad went to Sandspit beach for picnic this morning. At least four people drowned in sea and one has been rescued. Three others are still unaccounted for. Navy divers are searching for the missing.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred at 10am, after which the lifeguards present there rescued 17-year Omar, resident of New Alfalah. Omar’s friend is still missing.
Two people Bilal and Zafar from Manzoor Colony and Golimar also drowned and went missing; search for them is still on.
The mourning families said relief activities are not up to mark, adding there were no lifeguards on the spot.
When contacted, the lifeguards said Section-144 is in place thanks to the high tide from May to September; but, the people don’t accede to comply with the restriction.
Four drown on Sandspit
KARACHI: At least four people drowned while swimming at Sandspit beach of Karachi today; however, another one has been rescued, Geo News reported Sunday.
A holiday once again proved disastrous to some families, when their four members lost their lives, while having fun at Karachi beach of Sandspit.
According to details, some people from Nazimabad went to Sandspit beach for picnic this morning. At least four people drowned in sea and one has been rescued. Three others are still unaccounted for. Navy divers are searching for the missing.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred at 10am, after which the lifeguards present there rescued 17-year Omar, resident of New Alfalah. Omar’s friend is still missing.
Two people Bilal and Zafar from Manzoor Colony and Golimar also drowned and went missing; search for them is still on.
The mourning families said relief activities are not up to mark, adding there were no lifeguards on the spot.
When contacted, the lifeguards said Section-144 is in place thanks to the high tide from May to September; but, the people don’t accede to comply with the restriction.
11 corpses found in Chitral
CHITRAL: The dead bodies of 11 missing persons have been found in Chitral on Friday morning, Geo news reported.
According to sources, many persons went missing due to incessant string of rains and thunderstorms, which lashed various areas in Chitral, displacing many people and shattering several homes.
Authorities said as many as 11 corpses of missing persons have been found while rescue and rehab efforts are underway to locate many other missing persons.
SC orders body for repatriation of Pakistanis kept abroad
Supreme Court ordered the government to form a 4-member committee comprising joint secretaries of foreign, interior, finance and law ministries for repatriation of Pakistanis illegally kept abroad on Thursday.
A bench, headed by Justice Javed Iqbal, heard the missing persons case.
During the hearing, Justice Javed said that the rights of the Pakistanis are being usurped and rubbished the financial hurdles in this regard as noted by the government, saying that the government could easily earmark funds in this regard. He further said that scores of people are kept in Afghanistan, but so far the foreign ministry has not taken up the issue with the Afghan government.
The SC put off the case till next month.
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April 21, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Greece starts talks on potential aid
Bonds take beating in the market as investors dump Greek assets
Greece started talks to hammer out details of a potential aid deal on Wednesday but impatient investors dumped Greek assets and the package faced heated resistance at home and abroad.
Struggling to convince markets that Greece can slash its budget deficitand avoid default, the socialist government is racing to raise €10-billion next month,
with markets focusing on an €8.5-billion bond that falls due on May 19.
Greece is still pushing to finance its debt through market issuance but investors are increasingly convinced it will have to tap the euro zone and IMF package.
The markets showed its impatience with the uncertainty about how Greece will finance its debt on Wednesday, driving the yield on the 10-year bond to 8.4 per cent, the highest since at least 1999, on a flattening yield curve, a signal of growing doubt over Greece’s solvency.
The plan also drew fire from workers in Athens and lawmakers in Germany, where voters are deeply opposed to helping repeat chronic offender Greece ahead of an election next month.
Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou started meetings at 0700 GMT with a mission of mid-level advisers from the European Commission, the European Central bank and the International Monetary Fund.
oil rig explosion
April 21, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
The rig, about 41 miles off the Louisiana coast, is owned and operated by Transocean Ltd. and contracted to British oil major BP PLC. A spokesman for Transocean said most of the 126 people on board were safe. A Coast Guard spokeswoman said 12 were still missing but said reports indicated that all 126 people got off the rig. The rig was still burning and listing.
Four Coast Guard helicopters and an airplane are being used in rescue operations and five Coast Guard cutters are also responding, the Coast Guard said. “We are still in a search and rescue operation,” Transocean spokesman Greg Panagos said.
Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, has said that the missing people were in a lifeboat that drifted away from the rig while rescue workers were helping others.
