Jaipur girl Koyal Rana crowned 51st Femina Miss India

Koyal Rana was crowned by Navneet Kaur Dhillon and Megan Young.

Mumbai, April 6 (IANS) Jaipur girl Koyal Rana was Saturday crowned Femina Miss India 2014 at the 51st edition of the beauty pageant here.

The first and second runners-up were Jhataleka Malhotra from Mumbai and Gail Nicole Da Silva from Goa respectively.

The trio was selected from the top five finalists of the fbb Femina Miss India 2014 that also included Lopamudra Raut and Nikhila Nandgopal.

Miss India 2013 winners Navneet Kaur Dhillon, Sobhita Dhulipala and Zoya Afroz were on stage at the Yashraj Studio to handover the titled to the winners.

Tinsel town stars Shahid Kapoor and Shradhha Kapoor added glamour to the ceremony, which was judged by actors Abhay Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Vidyut Jamwal, Aditi Rao Hydari, Malaika Arora Khan along with ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra, singing sensation Yo Yo Honey Singh, Miss World 2013 Megan Young and World Champion Boxer Vijender Singh.

Mika Singh set the stage afire when he belted out his popular number "Agal Bagal" from "Phata Poster Nikla Hero" and his brand new song "Party toh banti hai" from Amitabh Bachchan's ready to release "Bhoothnath Returns".

Honey Singh also took to stage and wowed the guests at the finale, which hosted by actor Riteish Deshmukh, who kept the audience in splits with his wit and humour.

The highpoint of the evening was Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha's tribute to former beauty queen Zeenat Aman, who was later felicitated with a trophy at the finale by the "Dabangg" actress.

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Saudi Al-Jouf University President’s 5 children dead after accident

Saudi Gazette report

RIYADH - Five children, whose father is the president of Al-Jouf University, have died in a horrific accident on the Dammam-Riyadh Highway on Saturday.

Dr. Ismail Al-Bishri’s three sons and two daughters were traveling in a jeep on the way back from a vacation in Dubai through the Al-Batha border checkpoint when it collided head-on with a heavy truck.

A relative said: "Dr. Ismail was in his own car and traveling ahead of his children’s car while I was with my family in our car.

"The accident happened so quick after his children ended up in a single lane and could not have avoided the truck that was coming fast from the opposite direction on the same lane.

Although Civil Defense rescuers and Red Crescent paramedics rushed to the scene, they could not save the five children, who were trapped inside the wreckage.

Prince Fahd Bin Bandar, emir of Al-Jouf Region, offered his condolences to Al-Bishri and chartered a plane to fly him and his family to the location where the victims were buried on Sunday.

The children have been identified as Muhammad, 19, a sophomore at King Saud University; Ahmad, 18, a high school student; Sultan, 10; Asma, 24, and Afnan, 21, both college students.

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