A local court dismissed an application against self-styled godman Asaram Bapu’s son Narayan Sai charging him with hurting the sentiments of Sikh community by donning a turban to evade arrest in a sexual assault case.
President of local outfit ‘Yuva Sikh Morcha’, Gagandeep Singh Bhatia, had filed an application in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Manoj Kumar Ladia contending that by sporting a turban while he was absconding from Surat police searching for him, Sai had hurt the sentiments of Sikh community.
Gagandeep’s lawyer Indrajeet Singh Bhatia told reporters in Indore on Tuesday that the court, while dismissing the plea yesterday, ruled that there is no legal basis in the complaint for trial of the case against Narayan Sai as Indian constitution permits each and every Indian citizen to wear a dress of his/her choice.
The court also observed Sai’s wearing a turban does not prove that this has hurt the sentiments of Sikh community, he said.
Bhatia also said his client had mentioned in his complaint that in a bid to save himself from being arrested in a rape case, Sai had worn a turban thereby disguising himself as a Sikh, which hurt the religious sentiments of the community and this sent a wrong message among public about Sikhs.
Following a complaint of alleged rape against Sai by a Surat-based woman, Sai had been on the run and on December 4 was apprehended by police from Haryana-Delhi border. Police had caught 40-year-old Sai reportedly in the garb of a Sikh man sporting a red turban after evading arrest for 58 days.
The father-son duo are facing cases of sexual assault.
Narayan Sai did not hurt Sikh sentiments: Court
Farmer’s newly-wed son gets bride home in a helicopter
Farmer Devilal Meena’s dream came true on Tuesday when his son got his bride home in a helicopter.
A farmer in Hargaondhakhurd village of Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, Devilal Meena always wanted his elder son’s marriage to be a lavish affair. He decided he wanted that her eldest daughter-in-law should be brought to her new house in a helicopter.
His son Dharmendra Singh Meena got married to Sharbat in Sawai Madhopur on Monday. On Tuesday, they boarded a private helicopter at 12:30 pm from Sawai Madhopur and crossed the 55-km distance to Sheopur in half an hour.
As they landed in Sheopur, huge crowd gathered near the helipad to witness the historic sight of one among them getting her bride in a helicopter.
What prompted Facebook to buy WhatsApp?
Facebook which was struggling to enter the mobile messaging space has made the right decision to redeem itself by buying WhatApp for $19 billion. The landmark deal is one of the biggest in the history of social networking sites. Facebook which had succeeded in creating the biggest social networking platform was being addressed as a desktop based company. After the advent of smartphones and easy availability of data plans people started opting for mobile messaging services through their phones. It is being predicted that in future most of the people will access social networking sites through mobiles instead of desktops. Facebook was being criticised for its inability to design a profitable social mobile application. Three years back the social networking giant introduced the Facebook messenger service which was embedded with the mobiles but it failed to click with the users. Last year, the Facebook made an unsuccessful $3bn bid for SnapChat, a service that sends messages that erase themselves after a short period. The social networking site was being criticised by stakeholders for its inability to evolve with changing times.
It also tried to emulate twitter by introducing the trending feature and attempted to compete with Google by starting the graph search and email services. However, these initiatives failed to yield results as Facebook will be shutting down the email service due to poor user response. On the other hand, WhatsApp a newly found service established in the year 2009 has been growing at a faster pace and is adding around one million new users a day. The overall users of WhatsApp have increased to 450 million while Facebook has around 950 million active users. The valuation of a company rises on the growth rate achieved by it. Recently, it was reported that Facebook had lost some portion of its active users. Teenagers have been abandoning the social network to join the newer mobile messaging applications which are faster and offered better privacy options. On the other hand, many people have been abandoning Facebook due to the presence of large number of friends and irritating status updates. On the other hand, WhatsApp is clutter free and is fast.
Questions were being raised about the future of Facebook and how the company would survive in a rapidly changing world. There were two options for the social networking site either it could create its own mobile application or buy a popular social application. Facebook opted for the second option by purchasing WhatsApp for a whopping sum. Often it has been seen that big companies try to kill smaller firms by acquiring them as the latter poses a threat to their growth. Companies like Google and Facebook has been adopting this strategy to remain competitive in the online space. In the year 2012, Facebook had acquired the photo sharing site Instagram which too was becoming immensely popular.
By acquiring WhatsApp, Facebook has proved that it wants to be the leader in the mobile messaging space too. In future, the company could earn revenue by monetising the messaging service. Thus one can say that Facebook had panicked after the emergence of WhatsApp and insecurity led the social media giant to acquire a faster growing mobile application service. The application doesn’t have a proper revenue model but its impressive growth rate definitely made it a good buyout option for Facebook. Even though Facebook might have purchased WhatsApp but the company should focus on innovation and introduce new products instead of looking for inorganic growth through acquisition.
Kim Basinger ‘scared by selfies
Kim Basinger has revealed that she finds selfies a little bit scary.
The 60-year-old actress, whose daughter Ireland Baldwin posts endless selfies, is apparently no fan of the online obsession, the New York Post reported.
During an interview with the publication she admitted that despite her sexy image, she is more “bare-footed Rastafarian, crazy.”
‘Office’ star Jenna Fischer preggers with second child
Jenna Fischer, known for her portrayal of Pam Halpert on the NBC situation comedy ` The Office`, is expecting her second child with screenwriter hubby Lee Kirk.
The couple, who got hitched in July 2010 in Malibu, welcomed their first son, Weston Lee, in Sept 2011, Us Magazine reported.
The 39-year-old actress had previously revealed that she loves being a family and feels that going from two to three people has deepened the bond between her and Kirk.
Jessica Alba compares love for acting to drug addiction
Jessica Alba has confessed that acting is like a drug for her because it makes her feel liberated.
The 32-year-old actress told Nylon magazine that her job sometimes requires her to play someone who`s a badass or promiscuous which is completely different from who she is in real life, People Magazine reported.
The mum-of-two added that earlier she was fearful of failure and judgment, but she has now realised that she doesn`t need to be appropriate all the time.
Mayim Bialik says breastfeeding in public is intimate, not sexual
` Big Bang Theory` actress MayimBialik, who has two sons with former hubby Michael Stone, has defended breastfeeding in public, saying that it`s not a sexual act, but an intimate act.
The 38-year-old star told the Huffington Post that feeding a baby through a bottle is same as breast feeding.
Bialik explained that she doesn`t believe that one needs to cover up a baby eating, anymore than one needs to cover up a baby drinking a bottle.
The mum-of-two added that seeing women breastfeed can make some people uncomfortable, but it`s completely normal.
My son thinks I am a princess: Minnie Driver
`Good Will Hunting` actress Minnie Driver says her five-year-old son Henry thinks that his mother is a princess.
The 44-year-old actress, who plays a single mother in TV show `About A Boy`, said she is not a neurotic parent like her character in the show, reported a leading daily.
“My son thinks I`m a princess at this particular juncture. He thinks everyone`s mom is in magazines. It`s really sweet,” Minnie said.
The Hollywood star is still disappointed with the cancellation of her 2009 TV series `The Riches`.
“It just kills me. It kills me because ideas like that don`t come around very often. It was (on hiatus) during the US writers` strike and there was no support when we came back,” she said.
“Everybody had been watching reality television for nine months. When we came back on the air, there was no big campaign to remind people of our presence.
I was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe for that. I feel like it wasn`t a pile of rubbish that was meant to be discarded,” she added.
Katy Perry and John Mayer may get hitched in June
Katy Perry is reportedly planning to tie the knot with beau John Mayer in June.
A source told Grazia magazine that the couple, who has been dating for around 18 months, wants to get hitched at the San Ysidro Ranch in Perry`s home town of Santa Barbara, the Mirror reported.
It is also believed that the `Firework` hit maker`s pastor father, Keith Hudson, will officiate the couple`s nuptials.
Angelina Jolie says helming WW II film ‘Unbroken’ was hardest thing ever
Angelina Jolie believes that directing ` Unbroken`, which is based on World War II prisoner of war survivor Louie Zamperini `s story, has been the hardest thing she has ever done.
The 38-year-old actress said in an interview with NBC that she had to pitch her butt off to get the project off the ground and had to make phone calls for hours on end, collect data and make different boards.
The `Salt` actress continued saying that she had to haul the boards in a garbage bag to Universal herself.
The mum-of-six also insisted that she has a huge responsibility to get the picture right because she loves Zamperini, who taught her that resilience and strength of the human spirit is an extraordinary thing in dark times. (ANI)