Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Friday, April 16, 2010
A fitting finale to the Sania saga
A fitting finale to the Sania saga
After all the cacophonic controversies, the feuding, the fanfare, the blame-games and peace offerings, Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik finally settled down and celebrated their union with an evening of splendour. A grand reception was held for a 1,200-strong guest list who were treated to a sumptuous Hyderabadi feast, under the glow of fairy lights and spectacular decor that transformed the hotel into an ethereal place as the groom and the gorgeous bride, resplendent in a Shantanu-Nikhil creation met their guests.
Unlike the nikah, mehendi and sangeet which were strictly for family and a few very close friends, the reception was inclusive and a grand affair. Held at a star hotel, the city’s who’s who made an appearance; Hyderabad’s page 3 crowd and personalities from the film industry and the sports fraternities. CM Rosaiah too attended the reception and blessed the couple. Amongst those who couldn’t attend, the Bachchans sent Sania a large bouquet and a card wishing her the very best. Malaika and Arbaaz Khan too could not make it as the latter was caught up with a shoot.
Seen at the do were Shoaib’s good friend Sohail Tanveer and the Pakistani minister Firdous Ashiq Awan who presented Sania a gold crown made specially for her. Among other guests spotted at the lavish affair were Raza Murad, Pakistani singer Warib Baig, Krishna Bhupati, designers Shantanu and Nikhil, Rhea Pillai, Kajal Anand, Hamed Saberi, Chamundeshwarnath, Lavraj Bhalerao, Niketan and Anil Kumar Yadav.
At the sangeet the previous day, Sania’s good friends Neha Dhupia and Rakshanda Khan danced to Desi Girl and Salam-e-Ishq respectively. Post dinner Sania’s uncle Talat Aziz performed a ghazal that he had composed especially for her. Hyderabadis agreed this is one wedding they will remember for a long time. Sania will now head for a reception to be held at Lahore.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sania-Shoaib enter Mirza residence hand-in-hand
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her newly-wed Pakistani cricketer husband Shoaib Malik today entered the Mirza household for the first time after they tied the knot yesterday at a city hotel here.
Clad in a pink salwar kameez, Sania walked hand-in-and with Shoaib, who was wearing a green sherwani.
Sania’s father Imran Mirza embraced his son-in-law and other members of the family welcomed the newly-wed couple into the residence.
The high-profile wedding of the two sporting stars took place three days ahead of the original schedule to silence the controversy and drama surrounding their marriage.
The mehndi ceremony was observed today and Marfa band was organised as part of the marriage celebrations.
Sandhya and Bhavana, two of Hyderabad reputed mehndi designers, were called to apply mehndi to Sania, her spokesperson told reporters.
She said final rehearsals for the sangeet ceremony, scheduled to be held tomorrow, are in progress.
Shantanu and Nikhil-designed Sania’s outfit for the reception, to be held on Thursday, has arrived from Delhi.
Clad in a pink salwar kameez, Sania walked hand-in-and with Shoaib, who was wearing a green sherwani.
Sania’s father Imran Mirza embraced his son-in-law and other members of the family welcomed the newly-wed couple into the residence.
The high-profile wedding of the two sporting stars took place three days ahead of the original schedule to silence the controversy and drama surrounding their marriage.
The mehndi ceremony was observed today and Marfa band was organised as part of the marriage celebrations.
Sandhya and Bhavana, two of Hyderabad reputed mehndi designers, were called to apply mehndi to Sania, her spokesperson told reporters.
She said final rehearsals for the sangeet ceremony, scheduled to be held tomorrow, are in progress.
Shantanu and Nikhil-designed Sania’s outfit for the reception, to be held on Thursday, has arrived from Delhi.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Cyber stalker techie arrested
The cyber crime police of the state CID on Saturday attested a techie working with Hewlett Packard of Bengaluru for posting a young woman’s photograph and personal details on sex escorts websites after she spurned his marriage proposal.
He also termed the young woman’s father her broker and gave his telephone number for “clients” to call.
Sleuths finally trapped the cyber stalker, Madisetty Shiva Shankar, 29, a native of Indiranagar in Ramantapur, with the help of the young woman herself.
Shiva Shankar had been harassing the young woman, an employee of an IT firm in the city, from October 2009. Since he used a proxy Internet Protocol Address which led to the United States, police couldn’t trace him all these months.
It all started in 2008 when Shiva Shankar, then in the US, saw the young woman’s photograph in a matrimonial website and made a marriage proposal.
“But she refused the marriage proposal because of personal reasons,” said a police officer. “Shiva Shankar sent his father three to four times to her house. He was obsessed with the young woman and came all the way from the US to see her. He also sent her emails asking whether she liked him.”
She didn’t reply to her mails and this angered Shiva Shankar. Meanwhile, he returned to India and took up work in HP Bengaluru.
To take revenge on the young woman, he morphed her photograph and splashed her details on sex sites.
The young woman’s family approached the cyber police seeking removal of her name from the sites. But the harassment continued. Shiva Shankar even created fake profiles for her on Facebook and Orkut saying she offered body massages at specific rates.
The cyber crime SP, Ms B. Sumati, said after a torturous investigation police realised that the culprit was in Hyderabad itself and was using proxy servers.
Finally, the cyber cops persuaded the young woman to send him an email and later her mobile number. After a while, he called her up and disclosed his identity and cops nabbed him.
The SP said that the cyber crime police was dealing with 12 complaints of such nature. “Even schoolkids are being victimised,” she said.
He also termed the young woman’s father her broker and gave his telephone number for “clients” to call.
Sleuths finally trapped the cyber stalker, Madisetty Shiva Shankar, 29, a native of Indiranagar in Ramantapur, with the help of the young woman herself.
Shiva Shankar had been harassing the young woman, an employee of an IT firm in the city, from October 2009. Since he used a proxy Internet Protocol Address which led to the United States, police couldn’t trace him all these months.
It all started in 2008 when Shiva Shankar, then in the US, saw the young woman’s photograph in a matrimonial website and made a marriage proposal.
“But she refused the marriage proposal because of personal reasons,” said a police officer. “Shiva Shankar sent his father three to four times to her house. He was obsessed with the young woman and came all the way from the US to see her. He also sent her emails asking whether she liked him.”
She didn’t reply to her mails and this angered Shiva Shankar. Meanwhile, he returned to India and took up work in HP Bengaluru.
To take revenge on the young woman, he morphed her photograph and splashed her details on sex sites.
The young woman’s family approached the cyber police seeking removal of her name from the sites. But the harassment continued. Shiva Shankar even created fake profiles for her on Facebook and Orkut saying she offered body massages at specific rates.
The cyber crime SP, Ms B. Sumati, said after a torturous investigation police realised that the culprit was in Hyderabad itself and was using proxy servers.
Finally, the cyber cops persuaded the young woman to send him an email and later her mobile number. After a while, he called her up and disclosed his identity and cops nabbed him.
The SP said that the cyber crime police was dealing with 12 complaints of such nature. “Even schoolkids are being victimised,” she said.
