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9.6.12

400 trapped civilians rescued in J&K

JAMMU: Some 400 civilians, including children, trapped at Khardung La pass onSrinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir have been rescued, an official said.

According to a defence spokesman, multiple land and snow slides occurred Friday night along a 10 km stretch at Khardung La pass.

The Khardung La pass, one of the highest motorable passes in the world, is at a height of 17,800 feet in the cold desert area of Ladakh. The 434-km long highway was opened for traffic April 25, after remaining closed for five months due to heavy snow.

Some 150 vehicles carrying 400 people, including children and women, got trapped. They were rescued in a joint operation launched by the army and the police, the official said.

They were administered oxygen at the medical aid post and lodged in army camps.

Tamil actor-politician Karthik hospitalised

CHENNAI: Actor-turned-politician Karthik was admitted to Apollo Hospitals on Greams Road, Chennai on Friday.

Sources said Karthik suffered severe throat pain.

The 52-year-old actor will undergo scan and other tests on Saturday. Doctors said his vital parameters are normal.

Karthik, son of veteran actor Muthuraman, entered politics in 2006 to become the Tamil Nadu state secretary of Forward Block party.

First Look: Ram Charan Teja in Zanjeer remake

Ram Charan Teja

One of the most memorable characters of Hindi cinema history, Inspector Vijay from Prakash Mehra's 1973 blockbuster Zanjeer is back.

But this time with a different surname. TOI brings you the first look of Ram Charan Teja as Inspector Vijay Shrivastav (as opposed to Khanna, in the original) in the much anticipated remake of the classic hit.

This time around, Inspector Vijay will not just unleash his angry young self on the Hindi cinemagoers but also the Telugu audience. The film, that is being made in both the languages is directed by Apoorva Lakhia.

Interestingly, reliving Big B's famous on-screen moments is not the only thing Ram Charan is busy with. TOI found out that the lead actor is all set to tie the knot with Upasna Kamineni on the 14th of this month. In fact, the wedding functions will be held over a week. Needless to say, the actor has taken a break from the film schedule for the time being.

About Upasna, apart from being the granddaughter of Prathap Reddy, Managing Director of the Apollo Group, she works as the vice president of the same company.Being tagged as the 'biggest event in Hyderabad this season', the wedding will be a sevenday gala affair. A source revealed, "The functions will be held across several locations in the city. The who's who of Bollywood have been invited. The functions will start off with a grand sangeet on June 11. This will be held at Annapoorna Studios. The south Indian film industry will be well represented with names likeRajinikanth and Venkatesh on the list of invitees."

The wedding will take place on 14th morning. The guestlist also includes several A-list names such as Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Anil Ambani and the CEO of RelianceEntertainment Sanjeev Lamba. We believe, several stars are slated to perform at the gala.
The big fat wedding will be followed by a bigger reception at Tirupati and Upasna's village on June 17.

Hacktivist group Anonymous acts on threat, brings down govt website

Hacktivist group Anonymous India on Saturday claimed to have attacked the website of government's Computer Emergency Response Team.

NEW DELHI: Hours ahead of its planned protest against alleged incidents of internet censorship in India, hacker collectiveAnonymous has attacked and brought down the website run by CERT-IN, the country's premier agency dealing with cyber security contingencies. The group has planned street protests in 16 cities later in the evening. In Delhi the protests will be held at Jantar Mantar.

"We will keep attacking http://cert-in.org.in and http://india.gov.in ! #GOI, ready to face ups and downs?" the hackers said using Twitter account @opindia_revenge. They are apparently using distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack to overwhelm the servers on which the CertIndia website is hosted.

The Anonymous India is aided by Anonymous UK that tweeted: "#TangoDown http://cert-in.org.in #OpIndia want it down all day xD."

Around three weeks ago, Anonymous had called for protest against web censorship after internet service providers (ISPs) in India blocked several websites on the basis of an order against web piracy by a Madras high court. Though the order did not explicitly demand blocking of websites, ISPs allegedly played it safe. In the beginning, Anonymous attacked several government and ISP websites. But later it called for protests in real world, asking people to speak out against web censorship and the IT rules that were framed last year.

The planned protests are in some ways modeled on the Occupy Wall Street, which was supported by Anonymous. The group has gathered support for its cause on the web using Twitter and Facebook to reach out to people and asking them to organize protests in their respective cities. It has asked protesters to wear the Guy Fawkes mask, which was made famous by Hollywood Film V For Vendetta and in the recent years has been adopted by Anonymous as its symbol.

A hacker who goes by the name of Isaac and who is allegedly a part of Anonymous said on Twitter, "Today we tell them we will not we oppressed, Today we will let them know we will not be silenced, Today we Protest!"

Last night, the group said on twitter that protests have to be peaceful. "#india --> Tomorrow we stand for our rights. We stand to free internet. To #stopCensorship. Do not be afraid. Keep calm. No violence," it tweeted.

Also in a message at PasteHTML.com, the group said, "Anonymous is completely apolitical collective of free thinkers". It said that if any politician wants to join the protests he can do so "as a common man fighting for free internet, fighting for free speech".

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Pakistan not hostile towards anyone: General Kayani

Pakistan army chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan "harbours no aggression towards anyone", said the country's powerful army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the launch ceremony of a book on an army officer who was killed battling Indian tanks in 1971.
General Kayani on Friday said that Pakistan is a peace loving nation and focus of its armed forces always remained on defending and serving the country, reported Associated Press of Pakistan.
"We are a peace loving nation and harbour no aggression towards anyone but at the same time we value our freedom and independence more than anything else," he said at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
He made the remarks at the launch ceremony of book on the life of Major Shabir Sharif.
"What more can a solider desire" is an account of Major Shabir's acts of bravery during the two Pakistan-India wars of 1965 and 1971. The major was killed Dec 6, 1971 while firing and engaging Indian tanks.
General Kayani said the armed forces are fully prepared to ensure sovereignty and dignity of the country.
On the war against terror, the general said: "The young officers have set examples for us and we should acknowledge the dedication of our brave soldiers who are taking pride by laying their lives for the nation."

Presidential poll: Pranab Mukherjee evasive, says party will take a call

Party will decide Presidential candidate: Pranab

KOLKATA: With his candidature for the President's post gaining momentum, Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said no one can become President "on his own wish" and the Congress would decide on the issue.

"It is decided by the party. Party nominates. No one can become President on his own wish," the finance minister told reporters at his residence here.

UPA sources had said on Friday that Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who has been authorised by the party's working committee to pick the candidate, is likely to make the announcement around June 15, probably a couple of days after the expected poll notification by the Election Commission.

The Congress president's political advisor Ahmed Patel also had a meeting with Mukherjee at his North Block office on Friday.

The sources said the Congress has already secured the support of key allies like DMK, NCP and RLD, who form part of the government, and outside supporters like Samajwadi Party.

BSP, another outside supporter, and UPA's second largest constituent Trinamool Congress, are not not expected to oppose the UPA candidate.

Asked about Congress ally Trinamool Congress' decision to go it alone in next year's panchayat election in West Bengal, Mukherjee said, "It will be decided by the WBPCC. I have no comments to make".