subhan Mumbai, June 17: Jab Mona Singh met Aamir Khan Jassi is a past now as Mona Singh is all geared up for her silver screen debut with the film “Three Idiots”. She will be seen with one of the ace actor of the Film Industry, Aamir Khan and is very excited about the project too.
“My last schedule of the film will complete in July. We had lots of fun while making of Three Idiots and is eagerly waiting for it to release,” says Mona.
Abu Dhabi, June 17: Kissing is ecstatic but not always! A Bahraini woman has been jailed for 20 days for kissing a man in public.
According to the court papers, the couple was caught by a police patrol when they were getting intimate inside a car.
As the police attempted to arrest them for displaying ‘indecent behaviour in public’, the woman shouted at one of them, saying what she and the man were doing was “none of their business”. The woman was arrested and convicted of public indecency and insulting a policeman carrying out his duties.
Mumbai, June 17: One of Bollywood’s oldest dushmanis has ended. Rekha and Shatrughan Sinha have kissed rather hugged and made up.
The 30-year-old cold war between the two has finally ended, thanks to the actor’s wife Punam, who took upon herself the task of pacifying the reclusive diva after the endless spate of barbs and digs Shatrughann has been making at her.
Miraculously, Rekha not only agreed to forgive and forget at Mrs Sinha’s behest, she also agreed to do the Sinhas’ home production with the outspoken actor.
Mumbai, June 17: Fardeen Khan may be busy shooting in Goa for All The Best but that does not stop the animal lover in finding the desired pup for his father-in-law Mayur Madhvani, who resides in Uganda.
It is learnt that Natasha’s dad recently acquired an American cocker spaniel and desired another as a companion for their pet pooch. When Fardeen heard about it, he and wife Natasha decided to gift a pooch of the same breed to them.
Natasha and Fardeen Khan(left) Mumtaz and Mayur Madhvani (right)
Mumbai, June 17: Actresses and cricketers getdrawn to each other like bees to honey. Minissha Lamba and cricketer Sreesanth were spotted spending time together in Macau, where they had gone to attend an international award function.
Says a source, “Sreesanth was invited by Shailendra Singh, who owns Percept Talent Management who handle the cricketer’s endorse- ments and deals. It is a division of Percept Picture Company, whose film Jail was showcased at one of the events at the awards.
Bangalore, June 17: It’s been almost eight years since Prasad migrated from Suganahalli, a small village in north Karnataka, to earn his livelihood in India’s tech hub. After failing to land a job, he took to begging and is “happy’ earning around Rs.40 a day now.
“I didn’t come to Bangalore to be a beggar. After failure to get any job, I decided to beg. I manage to earn Rs.30-40 a day and am happy,” Prasad, 40, told IANS near Cubbon Road in the heart of the city’s central business district.
London, June 17: It is not just cricket that is keeping London in news.
Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone and Saif Ali Khan are also in London promoting their upcoming film Love Aaj aur Kal.
Director Imtiaz Ali, Saif and Deepika recently attended a press conference in London to promote the film among the international audience.
The stars were also seen talking to Bollywood fans there.
——Agencies
Mumbai, June 17: Shah Rukh KhanUndeterred by his recent shoulder injury, Shah Rukh Khan is preparing to do some daredevil stunts in films. And though he is yet to completely recover from the arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder, SRK is raring to return to action for Farhan Akhtar.
Farhan, who plans to make two films with King Khan, has already confirmed he has asked Shah Rukh to build eight- pack abs for his next film Happy New Year, which is still in the scripting stage.
Rajkot, June 17: Nearly 10 days after a centenarian and his 60-member Thummar family staged a dharna to protest against the alleged harassment by their estranged daughter-in-law, the woman’s husband on Tuesday attempted suicide in Rajkot in public demanding action against his wife.
The Thummar family has also given a 24-hour ultimatum demanding action against Rekha, the wife of Shanitlal who attempted suicide on Tuesday.
“If no action is taken by the administration in 24-hours, we all will commit suicide,” said Suresh, Shantilal’s nephew.
Surat, June 17: The police have found two MMS clippings of the gangrape of the minor school girl in Surat on Friday.
The two clippings are of Tariq and Abubakar; Tariq’s clipping is of 35 minutes duration while that of Abubakar is 12 minutes. The police said the three accused are proving to be habitual sex offenders during investigation. They are in crime branch’s custody under the 14-day remand.
Ahmedabad, June 17: ‘However, as alleged, no statements of witnesses have been recorded so far and no arrests have been made’
Nearly two months after the Supreme Court issued an order to look into the petition lodged by Zakia Jafri against 63 people including Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Gulberg Society massacre, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) is yet to record statement of any of the witnesses in the case. This was revealed by SIT Convenor Geetha Johari in her affidavit before the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday.
Surat, June 17: Tariq Saiyed’s sketch matches with that of the accused in the murder of a Nepalese sex worker in January 2009
The Surat police are now investigating the role of one of the three accused — arrested in Friday’s gangrape incident — in connection with the murder of a sex worker on January 16 this year in the city.
The police have seized the mobile phones, laptop and a desktop computer of the trio and have found several MMSes that point to their being habitual sex offenders. They sought services of sex workers and filmed them in the act.
Ludhiana, June 17: A police team from Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district has rounded up Machhian Khurd village sarpanch Rajinder Pal Singh on charges of rape and abduction.
Meanwhile, the panchayat members of this dusty village in Koomkalan police station near Khanna are crying foul alleging that the sarpanch has been falsely implicated in the case to settle political scores.
London, June 15: Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said Twenty20 cricket was now a bowlers’ game after his side were given a major scare by Ireland.
The only non-Test team left in the World Twenty20, Ireland held Sangakkara’s side to 144 for nine at Lord’s on Sunday before tight bowling from the likes of Ajantha Mendis and Lasith Malinga restricted the minnows to 135 for seven.
Mumbai, June 15: Noted Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, who essayed the role of villager and cricketer in Oscar nominated classic film ‘Lagaan’, expressed disappointment on Team India’s heart-breaking early ouster from the T20 World Cup at Lords.
Aamir aka Mr Perfectionist dubbed the defeat as ‘disappointing’ after England won yesterday match by three runs and knocked out last year’s champion India from ICC World Twenty20. The actor was surprised on the decision of sending Ravindra Jadeja ahead of Yuvraj Singh in Super 8 match against England.
Mumbai, June 15: Renowned Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan wanted to have some rest after hectic and energy sapping tenth IIFA function at Macau.
Mr Bachchan took a snap decision not to travel immediately after the conclusion of IIFA awards but stay there to rejuvenate himself with a bounty of sleep sans break.
Hyderabad, June 15: Dissident Telangana Rashtra Samiti leaders Ravindra Naik and A Chandrasekar today complained to the police against the party leadership for ”attacking” them with the help of ‘goondas.
‘ The rebel leaders lodged a complaint with the Banjara Hills police, pressing for invocation of Prevention of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Hyderabad, June 15: The emergency State Executive Committee meeting of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti(TRS) was held today even as party dissidents made a vain bid to ”capture” the ”Telangana Bhavan,” the party state headquarters.
The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Party President K Chandrasekar Rao, resolved to constitute a Political Affairs Committee to chalk out strategy for strengthening the party and the Telangana movement ahead of the Local Body elections in Hyderabad, party senior leader N Narasimha Reddy said while briefing newspersons about the ongoing meeting.
Mumbai, June 15: Another news on Bollywood biggies Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan has hit the headlines hard.
The Maharashtra State Labour Ministry has approached Aamir to campaign against child labour. Following his inability to campaign for the cause, the state government is now eyeing Shahrukh.
State Labour Secretary Kavita Gupta revealed that they took a while to meet and discuss the idea with Aamir, who they think is ideal for the campaign. They met him after the elections and vacation with his kids were over but unfortunately he turned down the offer.
Mumbai, June 15: Being a Vegetarian can have its advantages. Just recently actor Shahid Kapoor has been voted the Sexiest Vegetarian in Asia, in the poll conducted by PETA in their Asia Pacific portal and the battle for the top slot carried on for a month.
The final results were announced on 10 June, 2009. Shahid shares this honour with Hollywood star Natalie Portman, who was awarded the sexiest vegetarian in the USA region.
Ranchi, June 15: Angry over Team India’s defeat in the ICC World Twenty, the cricket fans in Ranchi, the home town of Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni burnt his effigy to protest India’s exit from the T20 World Cup.
The defending champions are out of the title race following successive defeats in matches against the West Indies and England. Around 50 cricket fans, mostly youth, gathered near Siddo Kanhu park and shouted slogans against Dhoni and burnt his effigy.
Panaji, June 15: The Roman Catholic Church in Goa Monday said it stands by its earlier statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the past came to power in the state as Catholics voted for it, and reiterated that the church never gives any preferences but asks the people to vote by their conscience.
Mumbai, June 15: Ravi Kishan helping Rakhi Sawant find a groom Bhojpuri Super star Ravi Kishan is finding a groom for Rakhi sawan in NDTV Imagine’s show “Rakhi Ka Swayamwar”.
One can recollect that two years back, Ravi Kishan and Rakhi Sawant were introduced in yet another television show “Bigg Boss”, although the relation seemed pretty good, Rakhi started giving statements against Ravi, the moment she came out of the show.
The duo met once again in “Yeh Hai Jalwa”, where Ravi was a judge, and Rakhi was a participant.
Banglore, June 15: Harish Tolar, a close aide of underworld don Ravi Poojary, was arrested by the City Crime Branch police in the early hours of Sunday, after an encounter.
Tolar, 33, who sustained injuries on his leg, has been admitted to Victoria Hospital and is stated to be out of danger.
The police launched a search operation after being tipped that Tolar was hiding in the City. They had also received information that Tolar was likely to pass through the Jnanabharati premises on Sunday morning in his car (KA 05 D 5542). A police team arrived near Jnanabharati and waited for him.
Mumbai, June 15: After juggling careers as an actor, TV host, laughter show judge, singer and aspiring politician, Shekhar Suman is set to don the director’s hat. He says he will direct a romantic film with son Adhyayan in the lead.
After juggling careers as an actor, TV host, laughter show judge, singer and aspiring politician, Shekhar Suman is set to don the director’s hat. He says he will direct a romantic film with son Adhyayan in the lead.