Disabled athlete sells gold medals to buy mother's medicines

There are few moments in a sportsperson’s life that are more heartbreaking than when they have to part with their hard-earned medals. Powe-rlifter Indira Gaikwad however, did not have much of a choice, as she had no other means to buy medicines for her mother.

Gaikwad, a disabled champion, has won 35 gold medals at various international and domestic events, some of which she sold as scrap recently, to collect Rs 500 for the medicines. She had received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 1997, the state’s highest honour for sportspersons, but despite that, she has spent 17 years struggling to make ends meet, searching for a government job in the meanwhile.

But her hopes were shattered last month, when the state Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare, Padmakar Valvi told her it was not possible to give her a job. “I heard that now a days, many sportspersons are getting jobs in various government departments, then why is the state government doing such injustice with me?” asked Gaikwad.

‘Makdee’ Actress Shweta Basu Took To Prostitution After Running Out of Money

National award winning actress Shweta Basu, who was arrested for prostitution in Hyderabad, has revealed that she took to the sex trade as she was running out of money. The 23-year-old actress, who was arrested,  is currently lodged in a state-run rescue home. She admitted she made wrong choices in her career.

“I was out of money. I had to support my family and some other good causes. All the doors were closed, and some people encouraged me to get into prostitution to earn money. I was helpless, and with no option left to choose, I got involved in this act,” police sources quoted her as saying.

Exclusive: The Worrying Trend in International Adoptions

Adoption can be a wonderful thing. Couples, or even financially independent single people, who want a family have the opportunity to give children with nobody a family and a secure future, while they get to reap the emotional benefits of having a child. But everything has its dark side, and while adoption as a concept is an excellent solution for one of the most horrible ills of the world, there are problems we need to keep in mind, especially with international adoptions.

Snub to Islamic State? Al Qaeda forms Indian wing to 'rescue' Muslims

Al Qaeda chief Zayman al Zawahiri's new tape about the formation of an Indian wing may seem like a declaration of intent against the Indian state given its timing, coming soon after the formation of the Narendra Modi government. However, there are already doubts that the terror group's chief may not be looking as much to wage war against the Indian state as prove that they are more relevant than its more brutal offshoot.

In the video tape released by the terror group last night, Zawahiri is heard describing the formation of "Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent" as glad tidings for Muslims "in Burma, Bangladesh, Assam, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, and Kashmir".

Big Boss 8 Tagline: 'Bigg Boss Aath, Saabki Lagegi Vaat'

While the list of its contestants is still under wraps, the tagline for the much-awaited Bigg Boss 8 has been revealed.

Going by its punch line which says 'Bigg Boss aath, saabki lagegi vaat', the reality show, which grabs major eyeballs, thanks to its concept and superstar anchor Salman Khan, indeed promises to be tougher and nastier, this time!

The show has already created much buzz because of its aircraft theme. The house has been designed like an aircraft this time with interiors made in a way that the inmates will get a feel of sitting in a plane. Even the promos feature Sallu in an avatar of a pilot.

Well, sounds interesting. And with the tagline and such a set, we are sure the programme is going to be a hit this time too. 

Bigg Boss 8: Kumar Vishwas asks for R 21 cr to War Widows Fund as a condition to participate in the show

Speculations are gripping of Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas can take part in the reality television show 'Bigg Boss'. To take part in the show Vishwas has kept a condition of depositing Rs 21 crore to War Widows Fund (fund for widows of the soldiers who died in war) in front of the company producing the Bigg Boss. Around 25,000 war widows live in India.

 

Vishwas in his letter to the show producing company says that he is uncomfortable to live his daily routine life under the scanner of the people. But for the betterment of society he will take part in the show. He said if he has to change his daily routine, do household work or live with unknown people he will do it for a big cause.

It took three long years for the producers to convince Kumar Vishwas for the show. According to the sources associated with Endemol, the producers had earlier even offered Rs 5 crore to be a part of the show. The show is expected to go on air from September 21. 

'Happy New Year' song: Shah Rukh, Deepika make embarrassing 'India waale'

Here's what Happy New Year was primarily meant to be: Shah Rukh Khan gifting Farah Khan back her career. This, after she made a film-shaped disaster called Jokerwhose only memorable bit was a gorgeous Katrina Kaif rubbing salt into the Tushar Kapoor world's wounds, saying, "I'm too sexy for you, main tere haath na aani".

Khan, as we have seen in the trailer, went to great lengths for it - you must have seen how he even agreed to dye ten strands of his hair blonde at the risk of looking like he has gum stuck on his hair. But, hey, he is Shah Rukh Khan. And for people who are fond of him, these are really minor impediments to their process of appreciating Khan.

SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT CHEQUE DISHONOUR PROSECUTION CAN BE HELD ONLY AT THE COURT IN WHOSE JURISDICTION THE CHEQUE WAS ISSUED

A three judge bench of the Supreme Court in Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v. State of Maharashtra (criminal Appeal No. 2287 of 2009) has laid the controversy pertaining to jurisdiction of the courts in cheque bouncing cases under Section 138 at rest conclusively.

The court has laid down that the place of the issuance or delivery of the statutory notice or where the complainant chooses to present the cheque for encashment by his bank are not relevant for purposes of territorial jurisdiction of the complaints. The court noted that the liberal approach preferred in Bhaskaran was being misused by issuance of notice from a situs which had no connection with the accused or with any facet of the transaction to confer territorial jurisdiction on courts which had none.