salman_jobs A police officer drove through a school zone within the speed limit when a radar camera took a picture of his licence plate.
The officer, thinking the radar was in error, drove by again; even slowly. Another flash. He did it again for the third time, at an even slower speed with the same result.
He thought: “This guy must have messed up the settings.” Weeks later he received three traffic tickets, each for not wearing a seat belt!
Mumbai, June 23: Much as Hrithik Roshan’s fans would love to see him play Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in producer Karan Johar’s remake of the Amitabh Bachchan classic Agneepath, Hrithik has refused to do the film. Abhishek Bachchan has stepped into his father’s big shoes to play the iconic character.
Mumbai, June 23: Ajit Pandey, 20, who starred in Slumdog Millionaire as the hired goon of the gangster played by Mahesh Manjrekar, seems to have taken the film’s message of rising against odds, to heart. With somewhat disastrous consequence.
He was arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch on Sunday from his Bhayandar residence for allegedly extorting money and trying to bag film roles bsy threatening producers on phone.
Mumbai, June 22: Saif Ali Khan seems to be forgetting his priorities in the rush of balancing his act between playing the lover in real life and the first time producer.
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Now, news is trickling in that Saif during a recent event put the organizers through a tormenting experience after he insisted on changes in the performing schedule at the last moment. Saif, who wanted to make it to a friends party along with girlfriend Kareena cared little about his professional commitments much to the chagrin of the event organizers.
Mumbai, June 22: Though this year will mark his 50th birthday, but it seems the weatherman has spoiled the celebrations surrounding Dutt’s big affair.
Now, it’s known that the Dutt family is worried about their B’day bash owing to reasons that the city might face heavy rains and high tides which might hamper the celebration mood.
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Though nothing has been finalized, but it seems the big bash might turn out to be a simple affair if the weatherman forecasts prove to be right.
Mumbai, June 22: Akshay Kumar’s bond with the Kapoor sisters, Karisma and Kareena, goes back a long way. Not may will know that although SAUGANDH (1991) was Akshay Kumar’s debut film, it was Promod Chakraborty’s DEEDAR, opposite Karisma Kapoor that he first signed as a hero. Since then it’s been a long journey for the ‘Khiladi’ and his association with the Kapoor sisters has always been quite fruitful.
Kochi, June 22: Farhan Akhtar and Deepika Padukone were in for a surprise recently while shooting for their upcoming film KARTHIK CALLING KARTHIK in Kochi.
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It’s said that group of young fans mobbed the actors during the shoot of the film and forced the two actors to sing and dance with them much to the surprise of the cast and the crew present. The actors had no chance but to fulfill the wish of the mob gathered.
Islamabad, June 22 : Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned the Taliban to leave the country, since the government will not rest until the last one was eliminated from the country’s soil.
Talking to reporters here last evening, Mr Malik said Taliban were neither Muslims nor Pakistanis. The nation had already said ‘no’ to the outfit and now they must leave Pakistan, he added.
Mumbai, June 22: Though it is not confirmed whether Lara Dutta really had a tiff with David Dhawan during the promotional event of their upcoming film Do Knot Disturb at the IIFA awards, the actress has been dropped from the sequel of Partner, to be directed by Dhawan.
Sources, however, say the second lead actress of Partner — Katrina Kaif — will also not be repeated in the sequel.
Mumbai, June 22: Sonam Kapoor is still learning the tricks of the trade. Probably that’s why she is still dependent on her star father, Anil Kapoor, for help, despite working in two films.
It hardly comes as a surprise that she has turned to dad for help after both her films — Saawariya and Delhi 6 — failed to create ripples at the box office.
Now, Sonam reportedly takes Anil’s advice before signing up new projects. The buzz is that whenever she gets an offer, Anil enquires about the film’s details.
Tehran, June 22: Iran appears to be stepping up its clampdown on the media amid continuing protests over the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president.
At least 24 journalists have been detained by authorities since the protests began a week ago, according to figures from a media watchdog and international media organisations.
Among those detained were the head of the Association of Iranian Journalists and a Canadian reporter for Newsweek.
Bangalore, June 22: Not all was well on June 10 for Manoj Gokhale, a 33-year-old engineer working with GE. He was dropped off near his house at 4.30 pm that day, when Manoj suddenly fell unconsciousness.
The only thing that he vaguely remembers is a man offering to drop him home. But a splitting headcahe seemed to fog his memory.
Ahmedabad, June 22: Prince Manvendrasinh Gohil is back from Brazil after being a special guest and the first Asian to participate in Gay Parade at Sao Paulo.
He was made a guest of honour in a parade in which about 3.5 million people participated.
Sharing his experience, Prince Manvendrasinh said, “It was unbelievable to see such a huge gathering. And the parade was not the only thing. I inaugurated an office, an art exhibition and even released a book on homosexuality authored by the mother of a gay son. I was even made to dance with Samba dancers. The experience was terrific.”
New Delhi, June 22: In a country where nearly two-thirds of agriculture depends on the rains and two-thirds of the population is dependent on agriculture, the delay in the monsoon’s arrival has begun to worry the government.
Mumbai, June 22: A 21-year-old unemployed youth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly blackmailing his friend’s mother, with whom he was having an affair.
A son of a flourmill owner, Mujibur Rehman Ansari became “best buddies” with 15-year-old Sohail Shaikh (name changed). Both of them lived in MB Estate in Virar. Rehman started visiting Shaikh’s home frequently, said police. He got into a physical relationship with his mother Saleema (name changed), and later, captured it on camera. He made it into an MMS clip with an intention of blackmailing her.
London, June 22: Nicole Kidman has revealed that it was her father who helped her emerge from the trauma of her divorce with superstar Tom Cruise.
The 42-year-old actress who is now married to rocker Keith Urban says that her dad, Anthony Kidman supported her when her 10-year-old marriage with Cruise fell apart in 2001, Daily Mail online reported.
New Delhi, June 22: Ashish Agarwal is getting used to sitting in front of a computer for three hours at a stretch. He takes no breaks, just scrolling up and down the screen in search of answers. Ashish is preparing himself for the biggest change that the Common Admission Test or CAT has ever seen. The test will be computer-based from now on.
“The time it takes to solve a question has increased, for example for RC and DI questions we have to read the passage and then attempt them,” he says.
New Delhi, June 22: A 23-year-old Jet Airways pilot was found dead in a swimming pool in the Kapashera area of Southwest Delhi on Sunday.
Kunal Batra, a pilot with Jet Airways was at a farmhouse party at the house of the honorary consul of Togo, according to reports.
His body was found in the water at around 0400 hrs IST. The post mortem report says death was due to drowning.
Police are investigating several possibilities, but Kunal’s parents say he didn’t know how to swim and that it was an unfortunate accident.
New York, June 22: Millions of moviegoers in India recognize the neon signs of Times Square as easily as the Taj Mahal, due to the growing popularity of “Bollywood” movies shot in the United States, particularly in New York.
By making movies in one of the world’s most expensive cities, producers risk big losses but can score big rewards by appealing to India’s fascination with foreign worlds.
New Delhi, June 22: ‘As you are aware, I do not belong to the category of those great leaders who can contest and win elections from anywhere in the country. I have been rooted in one constituency, Hazaribagh, ever since I entered politics.
‘It is not an easy constituency for me. So, as on previous occasions, this time also I had to work very hard to win my seat. I am grateful to the voters of Hazaribagh, to my party workers and to God Almighty for my win.
Islamabad, June 22: The Pakistani army has exceeded expectations in its offensive against Taliban fighters in northwestern Pakistan, effectively marshaling arms, tactics and political support. But the tougher challenge will be preventing the extremists from returning, or from regrouping elsewhere.
“The key question is whether the army can hold the ground afterward,” said Urmila Venugopalan, a South Asia expert with the defense analysis group Jane’s.
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200 g (� inch cubes) – cheese
1 cup – breadcrumbs
4 to 5 cloves – garlic, chopped
4 to 5 – black peppercorns, crushed
1 tbsp – fresh coriander leaves, chopped
2 tsp – lemon juice
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1 tbsp – tomato ketchup
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salt to taste
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3 tbsp – tomato ketchup
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New Delhi, June 21 : Hollywood films have been the inspiration for many of the Hindi film industry’s biggest hits.
Right from cult classics like “Baazi” (1951) to “Sholay” (1975) and “Baazigar” (1993) – and even “Ghajini” (2008) – all have some western movie as the stimulus. The Hollywood influence is evident in some of the forthcoming biggies like “Paa”, “Action Replay”, “Agyaat” and “Pyaar Impossible”.
London, June 21 : Socialite heiress Paris Hilton’s family is delighted with her break-up with Doug Reinhardt as they feel the American basketball player-actor was dating her for monetary gains.
Hilton’s six-month romance with Reinhardt ended early June.
“The stories out there about our family not approving of their relationship are completely true. Doug was riding Paris’ coat-tails. The break-up affected me in a good way. It’s definitely time for Paris to move on,” buzzhollywood.com quoted Hilton’s aunt Kyle Richards as saying.
New Delhi, June 21: Finnish giant Nokia and Vodafone Essar have come together to offer new internet services in India. Nokia enjoys numero uno status in India while Vodafone Essar is second largest GSM telecom operator in India.