| We suffer prejudices in Bollywood: Ekta Kapoor |
NEW DELHI, July 3: She describes Kyaa Kool Hai Hum series as Bollywood’s answer to American Pie series. But Ekta Kapoor is miffed that the censor board has snipped three scenes from the theatrical trailer of Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum. She blames it to existing prejudices in the Hindi film industry.
The 37-year-old is upset that the censors are not letting the movie’s original... |
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| Abu Jindal has no remorse for Mumbai carnage, say investigators |
New Delhi, July 3: There is no remorse in Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jindal Hamza, the Indian national who has confessed to being in the control room in Karachi during the 2008 terror siege of Mumbai, say investigators, describing him as an intensely devout man who believes he did his “religious duty”.
The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist from Beed in Maharashtra has confesse... |
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| Baba Ramdev dares government to prove his black money estimates wrong |
Jaipur, July 3: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has dared the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre to prove his estimate of 400 trillion rupees’ worth of black money being stashed in safe havens abroad wrong.
Baba Ramdev said he was ready for punishment if proved wrong.
“It is said that the statistics given by me are false, and that I am lying and presenting the people wi... |
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| Mukherjee meets Mulayam and Akhilesh |
Lucknow, July 3: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee met Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here on Tuesday, and said he continues to enjoy the support of various political leaders in the race to Raisina Hill.
Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who also accom... |
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| All sections of society have opportunity to excel in India: PM |
New Delhi, July 3: The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has said that all sections of society have the opportunity to excel in India.
Dr Singh on Tuesday met over 150 tribal students from Maoist-affected areas of Chhattisgarh, who have cleared IIT-JEE and AIEEE. Dr. Singh also congratulated these students, who accompanied Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.
Raman Singh on... |
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| Chhattisgarh has notorious record of tribal killings: Minister |
New Delhi, July 3: As controversy rages over security forces killing people in an anti-Maoist operation in Chhattisgarh some days back, Union Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo said the state has a notorious record in this regard. Talking to news channel NDTV, Deo said the manner in which villagers were killed, as it appeared, was wrong and sought a report on the encounter. “We&rs... |
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| Adarsh scam: CBI likely to file chargesheet against accused |
Mumbai, July 3: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file its charge sheet against the 13 or 14 accused of playing a role in facilitating the Adarsh Housing Society scam that was exposed 17 months ago either on Tuesday or Wednesday, reports said. Among the accused are senior politicians, bureaucrats and army officers. The Adarsh Society was originally meant to be a six-storey hou... |
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| India to share Jindal evidence, Pakistan reverts to Kashmir |
New Delhi, July 3: A day before talks, Pakistan on Tuesday sought to renew the focus on the Kashmir issue with its foreign secretary meeting the State’s separatist leaders even as India geared up to share evidence about 26/11 plotter Abu Jindal’s links with Pakistani terrorists and state actors.
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani arrived here via the Wagah... |
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| Trinamool to decide on presidential vote three days before election: Mamata |
Kolkata, July 3: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that her Trinamool Congress will take a final decision on whether to vote or not to vote in the July 19 presidential elections on July 16. Banerjee is believed to have conveyed this to her party MPs and MLAs during a recent meeting held here. Banerjee is said to have asked all MPs and MLAs to be present on the day of the p... |
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| 'Mayawati regime razed ASI protected heritage building' |
Lucknow, July 3: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its March 2011 report, which was tabled in the Uttar Pradesh assembly on Monday, has indicted the Mayawati regime for razing to the ground a heritage building at the Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSJMU) here. In its report, the CAG has pointed out that the then Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government led by Mayawati not on... |
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| 'Pranab's letter quitting Kolkata institute is forged' |
New Delhi, July 3: The BJP on Tuesday claimed that UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee’s letter quitting as chairperson of the Kolkata-based Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) was “fabricated”. He was addressing a press conference hours after the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential nominee's candidature was accepted. Contesting against him is former speaker PA ... |
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| UP gifts Rs 20 lakh to MLAs for cars, opposition protests |
Lucknow, July 3: Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday allowed the legislators to withdraw Rs 20 lakh from their development fund to purchase a car, a move that has triggered a political storm in the State with the Congress, BJP and BSP protesting against it. If all the 402 legislators in the State assembly purchase cars from their local area development (LAD) funds, it will cost the exchequer by Rs... |
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| Vice presidential election on August 7, says poll panel |
New Delhi, July 3: The election for India’s next vice president will be held Aug 7, if required, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday. “VP election schedule has been announced. Poll, if required, will be on Aug 7. The counting, if required, will be on the same day,” an election commission official said. While the notification will be issued on July 6, the last date of fil... |
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| 'Monsoon situation not serious, rain will pick up' |
NEW DELHI, July 3: There has been a two-week delay in the monsoon but the situation is not serious, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said here on Tuesday, adding that rainfall would pick up by next week.
“Yes, monsoon has been delayed by two weeks. But, situation is not as serious as it is made out to be. We expect the rainfall to pick up next week onwards,” Pawar tol... |
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| West coast states discuss security, drug trafficking |
PANAJI, July 3: Officials from west side states like Gujarat and Goa met here to evolve a joint strategy for ensuring security along the country’s western coast to check the menace of drug trafficking, infiltration and terrorism, officials said.
Goa Chief Secretary Sanjiv Srivastava said that officials from Western Zone Council states which includes Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and o... |
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| NIA officials get secure 3G communication system |
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, July 4: Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) have now been provided with a secure 3G mobile-based communication system to seamlessly report crime and other incidents from hostile conditions.
The Mobile-based Crime and Incident Reporting Platform (MCIRP) allows investigators to send photos, videos, audio and text from scenes of rioting, bomb blasts or ... |
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| Biodiversity project launched in Himachal |
SHIMLA, July 3: A national project to access genetic resources, their economic values and share their benefits was launched in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday.
The Rs 46-crore United Nations Environment Programme-Global Environment Facility (UNEP-GEF) project on strengthening the implementation of the biological diversity act and rules with focus on its access and benefit sharing provisions... |
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| Rajasthan villagers toil to harvest rainwater |
BARMER, July 3: Residents of two villages surrounded by deserts in Rajasthan’s Barmer district are toiling hard day and night, digging up water storage facilities like ponds and step-wells to improve their water-retaining capacity. Villagers have vowed not to waste a single drop of water this monsoon.
“Hardly anyone would be able to understand the importance of water better ... |
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| Priyanka: Barfi! is not about disabilities |
MUMBAI, July 3: The first look trailer of Anurag Basu’s upcoming romantic comedy Barfi! starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D’Cruz released on Monday and without doubt, the trailer featuring Ranbir Kapoor in a Chaplinesque role impressed everyone present at the event. While talking about the movie and its characters, Basu, Kapoor and Chopra claimed that though the lead c... |
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| Complaint filed against Sharman for not promoting 3 Bachelors |
MUMBAI, July 3: A couple of weeks after his Ferrari Ki Sawaari wowed audiences and won him accolades for his honest performance, the actor has found himself in hot waters over his decision to not promote a decade old small budget film titled 3 Bachelors, in which he starred when he was not as popular as he is now. Sources claim that Joshi was quite miffed with the fact that the makers of the film ... |
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| Shahid to learn Marwari for YRF flick |
MUMBAI, July 3: After learning to fly a fighter plane for Pankaj Kapur’s directorial debut Mausam, actor Shahid Kapoor is all set to learn Marwari for his upcoming YRF flick, in which he would star opposite Parineeti Chopra. Sources claim that Kapoor will be playing the role of a middle class Marwari boy in the film and as such, the Kaminey actor is planning to undergo a workshop to learn th... |
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| Ajay's character in Bol.. mix of Singham, Golmaal |
MUMBAI, July 3: Actor Ajay Devgn, who plays a wrestler in his forthcoming film Bol Bachchan, says his character is a combination of his roles in Singham and Golmaal. “I enjoyed it. This character is very tough, but very soft and emotional at heart plus comic. So, it is a combination of everything. I would say this character is a combination of Singham and Golmaal,” the 43-year-old said... |
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| Veena gets curvy, says size zero doesn't exist in South |
MUMBAI, July 3: If Vidya Balan gained 12 kg to play southern sex siren in The Dirty Picture, Pakistani actress Veena Malik claims she has put on 5 kg for the Kannada version of the film and that her dialogues have not been dubbed. “I had to put on five kg for the role because the script demanded so. Size zero does not exist here in South. I was 48 kgs, now I am 53 kg. Fourty per cent of the ... |
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