Unemployed man kills son in Delhi

The accused, Subhash Aggarwal, was arrested from his house in Sector 18 of north Delhi's Rohini area, where the incident took place late Friday night.

Aggarwal had five children, including the 18-year-old victim Shubham, who was studying engineering in a private college in Sonepat, Haryana.

According to police, the accused had been unemployed for the last one year. Before that, he had been a property dealer. "Frequent arguments took place in the house as he (Aggarwal) was not earning," police said.

A heated argument ensued Friday night between the father-son duo. A fuming Aggarwal went to his son's room at around 1 a.m. and shot him in the abdomen with a double-barrel rifle.

Source - msn

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India urged to reject changes in anti-terror law

The Indian parliament should reject proposed amendments to its counterterrorism act that could lead to further misuse of the draconian law, Human Rights Watch has said.

Parliament should call on the government to withdraw the amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 (UAPA), which is scheduled for a vote in the Rajya Sabha Monday. On Nov 30, the Lok Sabha passed the amendments to the UAPA, India's principal counter-terrorism law, without significant input or scrutiny from the general public or civil society groups.

The amendments would allow the government broad leeway to increase bans on proscribed organisations to five years and widen the definition of a person to any association of individuals. "While India has a responsibility to protect citizens from terror attacks, the counter-terrorism law has long been abused to detain suspects for excessive periods, file charges on fabricated evidence, and ban organisations without due process of law," said Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

"These amendments will make the law an even more dangerous tool in the hands of officials who seek to oppress peaceful critics and minority communities."

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Salman throws a bash for Guns ‘n’ Roses team

When the otherwise reclusive Salman Khan decides to party, he does it in style. While all of Mumbai went crazy about the Guns ‘n' Roses concert, Salman did one better - he threw a private bash for the band! This was done at the Khan owned nightclub Royalty, where GNR went directly after the show.

Salman made a late appearance - we hear at 2am - and partied with them till early morning. The entire Khan family was all present - Arbaaz and Malaika, Sohail and Seema and Arpita Khan. Salman's guest list also included Sonakshi Sinha, Kangna Ranaut, Sanjay and Manyaata, Farhan and Audhna Akhtar and page three celebs! Most thrilled among the guests was Kangna, who, when introduced to Axl Rose, was compared by him to Hollywood hottie, Jennifer Garner! Kangs is now tripping on more than rock music! "They were very charming," she gushes.

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VIdya Balan’s wedding details revealed

Vidya Balan and Siddharth Roy Kapur are finally in wedding mode with pre-wedding functions on in full swing! A source says, "The first function that kickstarted the celebrations was a formal dinner attended only by Vidya and Siddharth's family members. No one from Bollywood was seen. The venue was A La Mode Banquets in Juhu just behind Ekta Kapoor's bungalow. Vidya and Siddharth did pose for the paparazzi, since they caught them just as they were about to leave the venue at night."

However, Vidya was clever at keeping the media guessing where the function was being held! The paparazzi initially landed outside her residence in Khar but Vidya smartly exited through the backdoor. She distracted the media by sending her Mercedes to the front gate while she took off easily from behind! The media then went on a hunt to various locations - Khar, Chembur, Cuffe Parade and finally reached the actual location.

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The ‘Dhak Dhak’ girl is getting tech-savvy

After launching a personal website, Bollywood's dancing diva Madhuri Dixit has taken a new step to get closer to her fans through a mobile application.

The application, available on all iOS devices, complements her official web page www.madhuridixit-nene.com. 'People carry a phone with them all the time, so an app (application) is a wonderful device to stay connected with fans in their time and space,' the 45-year-old said in a statement.

 The application, currently available on all iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod), will connect Madhuri's fans to her pictures, videos and exclusive content on beauty, fashion and dance. It will soon also be available on Android phones.

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Both actresses were being considered for Akshay Kumar's next film

It looks like Parineeti's hopes of being cast opposite Akshay Kumar will not materialize any time soon. Akki is not yet ready to let go of his new favourite, Sonakshi Sinha. One hears that Sonakshi is apparently the girl cast opposite Akshay in AR Murugadoss's ‘Thupakki' and not Parineeti who was also in the race. Her spokesperson recently confirmed that she is indeed not doing the film. This news stems from the fact that both Akshay and Sonakshi saw the original Tamil action thriller together to get a feel of it, a few days ago. Sonakshi must be on cloud nine since this marks her third film with Akki since last year after ‘Joker' and ‘Rowdy Rathore'.

But what was the real reason why she got the role? A source suggests, "Sonakshi was quite upset with him when she wasn't considered as a strong contender for this role, despite supporting him during the ‘Joker' fiasco. In addition, she has worked with him twice and done a song for his home production ‘Oh My God!' So she assumed she would be considered as the lead for one of his biggest films of next year. One assumes that in order to keep her happy and for the sake of loyalty, he signed her on."

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