New Delhi, Aug 19 : The UPA Government has urged the Supreme Court to extend its stay on a tribunal’s order lifting the ban imposed on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) charged with indulging in terrorist activities, including the recent Ahmedabad and Bangalore blasts.

New Delhi, Aug 19 : The Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed 250 skilled personnel to maintain safety and fire services at 21 airfields across the country in the wake of strike call by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Wednesday from 7A. M. to 7P. M.

The personnels have been deployed at short notice by the IAF.

Earlier also the IAF had extended such help a couple of times at very short notices for the smooth functioning of civil air travels.

Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Aug 19 : Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with police in Hazaribagh’s Batuka forests.

The incident occurred before the beginning of a 24-hour Jharkhand shutdown called by naxalites today.

"While one of the bodies of a Maoist was recovered, the other was taken away by the Maoists after the encounter late last night,” a police spokesperson said.

“Maoist zonal commander Krishna Yadav was leading his cadres in exchange of gunfire with security men during raids in the forests, ahead of the shutdown,” he added.

New Delhi, Aug 19 : People residing in Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf''s ancestral home in Delhi are saying that he should have faced impeachment rather than stepping down.

"We are sad for him that he has resigned. Perhaps, it would have been better if he had faced impeachment and then stepped down if the public wished that," said Rajiv Jain, a resident of the city. 

Some others felt that his decision was wise.

New Delhi, Aug 19 : Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon will leave for Vienna today to attend the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meeting.

Menon will lead a high-level team at a formal meeting with the NSG troika of Germany, South Africa and Hungary. The team includes Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Shyam Saran, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)’s RB Grover and DB Venkatesh Varma from the Indian mission in Geneva.

God Tussi Great Ho is worth a watch. The film is directed by Rumi Jaffery. The film gives a Desi touch to God. A number of prominent actors from the Bollywood acted in the film.

Salman Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Sohail Khan, Anupam Kher has played their designated role in the film.

The film is a good source of amusement and creativity. Amitabh Bachchan acted as God in the film and efficiently played his role with Arun Prajapati (Salman Khan).