Apple: White iPhone 4 to go on sale today

The white iPhone 4 will be available in the United States, United Kingdom and 26 other countries for US $199 to US $299 depending on the model.

Apple Inc. said that the prices are for phones purchased with a two-year contract from AT&T Inc. or Verizon Wireless in the United States. The black iPhone 4 went on sale last June.

Initially Apple had hoped to make the white phones available in July. After a delay, Apple announced the availability in late 2010 but later admitted that the production of the gadget was more challenging than expected. In October 2010, Apple said that the white iPhone would be available in the spring.

Consumers to face gas load shedding during winter

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FAISALABAD: After constant power load shedding throughout summer, consumer will now also face gas load shedding during the winter.

According to Sui Northern Gas Company (SNGC) officials, the production of gas during winter will reduce by 1000 mmcfd; consumption has already mounted as 200 mmcfd gas is being supplied to five power plants and 100 mmcfd gas is being provided to urea factories.

After a constant break of three days, gas load shedding of Faisalabad’s industrial units is scheduled to end today. Trend Pk

PSM corruption case: Annoyed CJP declines to suspend probe

A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard the case of the alleged corruption in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), trendpk.Com reported on Thursday.

The counsel, Fakhrudding G Ibrahim, pleaded the Supreme Court to halt the hearing of the case because Pakistan Steels is facing rupees one billions loss every month.

He contended that the investigation has dropped the production to 40 percent. He added that even the Scotland Yard has failed to stop such white-collar crime.Rejecting Fakharuddins request for calling off the investigation, the CJ maintained that Rs 26 billion had been embezzled, The SC took notice of the issue because nobody dared to held the influential responsible.

Chief Justice deplored that FIA, instead of nabbing the true criminal held a watchman and a canteen owner for billions of rupees corruption. The CJ ordered DG FIA to submit a comprehensive report in this regard in the court.

The court has been deferred for a month.

SC rejects plea to halt Pak. Steels corruption case

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has rejected the plea, made by the counsel, to halt the corruption case of Pakistan Steels.

The Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of Pakistan Steels’ corruption case on Wednesday.

The counsel, Fakhrudding G Ibrahim, pleaded the Supreme Court to halt the hearing of the case because Pakistan Steels is facing rupees one billion’s loss every month.

He argued that the investigation has dropped the production to 40 percent. He added that even the Scotland Yard has failed to stop such white-collar crimes.

The Chief Justice expressed annoyance over the arguments of the counsel and said in his remarks that it is a matter of rupees 26 billions’ corruption, how shall the hearing be halted.

“No one is ready to tackle the influential wrongdoers and the

YRF’s Anushka – Ranveer Singh starrer titled Band Baajaa Baaraat?

While the promos of Yash Raj Films’ next big release Lafangey Parindey is on in full swing, the production house is also busy with its forthcoming film starring Anushka Sharma and newcomer Ranveer Singh. The untitled film tells the story of two just out of Delhi University students, Shruti (Anushka Sharma) and Bittoo (Ranveer Singh) who reluctantly set out on their tumultuous entrepreneurial venture. Together their friendship and business enters the ups and downs of the lavish world of the glamour and glitz of Delhi baaraats and weddings!

There have been a lot of speculation doing the rounds on the title of the film with the latest being that the film is titled Band Baajaa Baaraat. When we got in touch with Rafiq Gangjee, VP, Marketing and Communications at YRF, he said, “This is one of the titles being strongly considered for the film. We will be taking a final decision by the end of this week.”

Iran to build radar evading drones

TEHRAN: Iran is intending to build new radar- evading drones that can be operated by its submarines, Iranian media reported.

“Due to their small sizes, these drones would be undetectable by radar systems,” an Iranian official was quoted by the report as saying.

He attributed the radar proof feature of the drones to their physical characteristics and the material used in the bodies of the aircrafts, adding that such systems are generally designed for surveillance, reconnaissance and covert missions.

“Today the entire world is seeking to obtain drones with the capacity of being operated by a submarine or a vessel,” he said.

Military researches for the production of new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are underway, he added.

Protest in H-Kashmir against student killing

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, the authorities arrested veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani in Srinagar and shifted him to Humhama police station on Saturday.

According to Kashmir media service, the move was made following the killing of an 11th class student, Tufail Ahmed Matoo, by Indian police. Tufail was killed while dozens other people were injured when the police resorted to brute force to break up peaceful demonstrators in Srinagar on Friday.

Iran to unveil nuclear fuel advance: top official

TEHRAN: Iran will unveil a new advance in its nuclear program in the coming months, the head of its Atomic Energy Organization was quoted as saying on Saturday, in comments that showed defiance in the face of new U.N. sanctions.

“In the next few months Iran will announce a new nuclear achievement in connection to the production of fuel for its Tehran research reactor,” Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying in the Resalat daily.

He gave no details.

Bipasha works on her accent to sound like Kashmiri girl in Lamhaa

At this very moment, Bipasha Basu is going through the biggest challenge of her career. She has to drop her anglicized-Bengali accent and diction completely to sound like the Kashmiri Muslim girl she plays in Rahul Dholakia’s Lamhaa.
Which is easier said than done. Even when Bipasha had done a Bengali film, Rituparno Ghosh’s Shob Charitra Kalpunik, she had been forbidden by the director from dubbing her own lines although Bengali is her mother tongue.
This time, though, Bipasha was determined to not allow her voice-performance to suffer on the grounds of her accent. For months, the actress has been secretly practicing her lines.
And now when the dubbing is finally on, Bipasha with the help of the sound recordist Manoj Sikka is giving the Urdu her best shot.
According to her director Rahul Dholakia, who’s constantly supervising Bipasha dubbing, the actress has made the strongest effort possible to sound like an authentic Kashmiri -Muslim girl.
Says Dholakia, “At the moment I’m simultaneously doing two very different jobs on two of my very different films. While I’m editing my social satire Society, I am supervising the dubbing of my film on Kashmir – Lamhaa. Dubbing the dialogues of a film with as vast a historical-political canvas as Lamhaa is very tough. I wish I could devote more attention to Bipasha. But she’s doing a fine job.”
Says Bipasha, “It is tough, really tough because I don’t really understand Urdu. But I’m never one to shun the urge to learn. I find it great fun. And my director Rahul Dholakia is very patient and chilled out.”
The sound recordist Manoj Sikka has been given the job of monitoring Bipasha’s diction. Says Bipasha, “I’m putting my trust in Rahul’s team and the sound recordist.”
Since the film tackles the sensitive issue of Kashmir militancy, director Dholakia is pretty adamant on getting every nuance right.
While Sanjay Dutt who plays an outsider can get away with his characteristic drawling dialogues, Bipasha Basu and Kunal Kapoor who play Kashmiris have had to slog to do away with their Bengali and Punjabi twangs.

Katrina Kaif to endorse Yardley perfumes

Bollywood never had it so good, as the gorgeous Katrina Kaif, on one hand, is delivering big hits back to back. While on the other hand, Katrina has become a hot property when it comes to brand endorsements.

After having lent her name and face to many a leading FMCGs like Slice, Pantene, Kodak, Panasonic, Olay …the list is endless…, she has now become the face of the internationally famous Yardley perfumes. With this, she also becomes the first Asian face to endorse the product.

Way to go, Katz!

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