Month: July 2009

No Thank You Copycat Jijaji

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Mumbai, July 30: Bhatti’s show on SAB TV “Thank You Jijaji’ is an adapted concept. Actually, the concept of the show is lifted from Jaspal’s very own, one hour Punjabi video film.

“We had seen the video and so we asked Bhattiji to make a comedy series on it. We have officially bought the rights for the concept,” marketing head Anooj Kapoor states.

“It is my original concept. Film was barely an hour long and the show is of 52 episodes. So we will be having only a backdrop of it,” clears Jaspal Bhatti.The show is conceptualised, written and directed by Jaspal Bhatti.

My director thinks from between his legs- Kavita Kaushik

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Mumbai, July 30: Kavita Kaushik famously known as Chandramukhi Chautala gets candid in an interview and talks about FIR and her character.
On the new season…

In the earlier seasons I use to chase Shiv and now, Ali will be after me. So in this season a man’s fantasies will entertain the audience. There are so many dream sequences in this season which are romantic and at the same time funny. There are sequences, where he would imagine me romancing with him in gharelu attire. There are also a lot of dance sequences between us for which I will be dressing up in vibrant colours.

Venezuela freezes relations with Colombia

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Caracas, July 30: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has frozen diplomatic and trade relations with Colombia in a spat over Colombian allegations that Swedish anti-tank weapons sold to Venezuela turned up in the hands of leftist guerrillas.

Citing Bogota’s “irresponsible” accusations, Chavez Tuesday Wednesday recalled the ambassador to Colombia, Gustavo Marquez, and froze bilateral “diplomatic and trade relations”.

Is Aman Verma out of the Jungle?

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Mumbai, July 30: After Fiza’s eviction and Shweta Tiwari quitting the show, the news of Aman Verma not continuing with show, is again doing rounds. The speculation is that Aman Verma is getting evicted from the show Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao.

If the sources are to be believed, “The next contender to go out of the Malaysian jungle is Aman Verma. He was not able to perform the task well and thus, could not gather enough votes for himself.”

Hyderabad Cops solve Mumbai Model murder mystery

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Hyderabad, July 29: Hyderabad Police arrested a 23-year-old junior artiste today for the murder of the Mumbai model and actor Arzoo Ali in a city lodge four days back.

The model, also a call girl had come to the city from Bangalore on July 19. She had resisted the junior artiste and pimp Jangam Rajeshwaraiah alias Raju’s attempt to rape her on July 25 morning at Sindhuri Lodge at Ramagopalpet in Secunderabad.

Rosaiah’s remark provokes Muddu

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Hyderabad, July 29: TDP senior leader and MLA G Muddukrishnama Naidu today threatened to teach Legislative Affairs Minister K Rosaiah a fitting lesson on the floor of the House during the current budget session.

The provocation came when the minister strongly criticised Naidu and described him as a “shameless fellow’’ when Naidu tried to raise an issue on registering a case under the SC/ST Atrocities Act against TDP leader N Janardhan Reddy in Mahboobnagar.

Opposition will end up with egg on face: Farooq

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New Delhi, July 29: Extending complete support to the decision of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to resign, Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today came down heavily on PDP saying it was a bunch of “frustrated lot without any ethics”.

“They (PDP) are a bunch of frustrated lot without any ethics. Yesterday, its President (Mehbooba) attacked the Speaker of the Assembly and today they made this frivolous allegation,” Abdullah told PTI here.

Healthy food, hearty laugh: Supper theatre in Bangalore

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Bangalore, July 29: How about some rib-tickling theatre and delectable dishes thereafter? Come August and that’s what many Bangaloreans will do every weekend for six months.

The brainchild of Hubli-based theatre troupe Guru Samste, Bangaloreans will be entertained with some of the most hilarious Kannada plays along with the best of south Indian cuisines under one roof.

Guru Samste has joined hands with popular city-based south Indian restaurant Maiya’s to come up with Bangalore’s very own supper theatre christened “Maiya’s Rangavali”.

Bhadrachalam’s new-age Ramadas is a Muslim

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Bhadrachalam, July 29: At the stroke of dawn, every day, melodious Nadaswaram wafts through the air as devotees fold their hands in prayer reciting the Suprabhatam at the famous Sitarama temple here in this town.

Opposition stages walkout in House

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Hyderabad, July 29: The Opposition parties including the TDP, TRS, BJP, CPI and the CPM today staged a walk out in the State Assembly today protesting against the Government’s refusal to reduce Vaue Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel.

The walkout took place when the Government refused to reduce the VAT on petrol and diesel in the State, maintaining that it needs lot of funds for various welfare and development programmes.

No more weekend break darshans on Tirumala

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Tirupati, July 29: Giving priority to providing hasslefree darshan for common devotees, the Board of Trustees of the Tirumala Tirupati Devsthanams (TTD) on Tuesday decided to do away with VIP break darshans on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The board, which met on the Tirumala Hills, however, did not take any decision on the conduct of sevas in ekantam though the issue did come up for discussion.

Salman Khan keeps low over Katrina and Aishwarya being called buffalo

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Mumbai, July 29: In the reality show on Sony TV “Das Ka Dum”, the guest Dodhi said that he named his two buffalos by the name of two Bollywood actresses Katrina and Aishwarya.

Dodhi was scared of telling this fact in front of Salman Khan because Aishwarya was his ex-girlfriend and Katrina is the recent one. Thus, he said it very calmly to Salman so that Salman doesn’t get angry for this.

It was amazing that Salman didn’t get angry on the show for this and learnt how to tie a Dhoti from Dodhi with the same zeal through the whole episode.

—Agencies

HC orders status quo on Metro Rail project

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Hyderabad, July 29: Justice G Rohini of the Andhra Pradesh High Court today ordered status quo on the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project on a petition filed by the Maytas Consortium. However, the judge allowed the government to go ahead with the fresh global bid process for the project.

In her interim orders, Justice Rohini made it clear that the entire process would be subject to the final verdict of the court on the matter.

While posting further hearings on the issue to Aug 11, Justice Rohini asked the State government to file a counter by then.

Please don’t compare me to others: Katrina Kaif

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Mumbai, July 29: Bollywood barbie girl Katrina Kaif has started to show her wings.

News is that Katrina hates her comparison to any one in the film industry.

These days she is being compared to Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra who are at the primes of their career.

Katrina said that she has a different working style. Every human is versatile then why is she compared to others. “I’am Katrina and will always remain,” Katrina added.

Recently she has been getting applause for her marvelous work in her flick ‘New York’ and has been in constant ado with Priyanka and Kareena.

Call for tree plantation, smaller electricity

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Hyderabad, July 29: World Conservation Day was celebrated on Tuesday at the National Geophysical Research Institute with a plea to plant more trees, a fitting sentiment for a campus that has 16,000 trees.

The half-day event kicked off with a tree planting session which saw the chief guest, C S Ramalakshmi, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Environment), and guest of honour, P Raghuveer, Chief Conservator of Forests (Environment Cell), guide students from the NGRI school on how to plant and care for saplings.

Streep slams Pollack for lion charge in ‘Out of Africa’

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London, July 29: Veteran actress Meryl Streep has not forgiven late director Sydney Pollack for unleashing a lion on her while shooting the Oscar-winner “Out of Africa” though the filmmaker had denied doing so.
Streep was assured the beast would be tethered while she fought it off with a whip, during one of the 1985 movie’s most infamous scenes but decades later the actress admits she’s still stunned for her life was put in jeopardy, after Pollack devised a dangerous way to get the shot he wanted, reports contactmusic.com.

50,000 apply for teaching jobs in a day in Mexico

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Mexico City, July 29: The education ministry in Mexico has received about 50,000 applications for teacher posts in less than 24 hours following the government’s resolution to curb corruption in the country’s education system.

Some 50,000 applied for teaching jobs in less 24 hours on the backdrop of government’s efforts to combat corruption within the education system, Mexico’s Education Minister Alonso Lujambio said Tuesday.

Don’t shut schools after swine flu scare, advises government

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New Delhi, July 29: The Indian health ministry Wednesday asked educational institutes not to shut but take preventive measures to control the swine flu spread as 23 new cases of the influenza A(H1N1) were reported, taking the tally of the infected people in the country to nearly 500.
The government reiterated its advisory against visiting the flu-affected countries.

The total influenza A(H1N1) virus cases have reached 498 in India, a statement said.

Bus that offers a ticket to knowledge station

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Hyderabad, July 29: Bus number AP9 TA 0638 is quite unique compared to its counterparts. It’s not about the numerological connotation but about the kind of work the vehicle is involved in.

While other buses are busy transporting people, this one is involved in imparting knowledge. A noble idea of educating underprivileged and street-children struck T L Reddy and hence the ‘School on Wheels’ started rolling. School on Wheels is a first of its kind project in the State taken up by T L Reddy where street-children are educated on a mobile bus.

Universities beef up on German

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Hyderabad, July 29: In a bid to veer city students towards learning foreign languages like German, the German Institute at the Goethe-Zentrum has announced a host of tie-ups with educational bodies and Universities in the City.

“Apart from the University of Hyderabad, Goethe Zentrum has ventured into Osmania University and the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) for setting up courses and language programmes therein,” revealed executive director Amita Desai at German theatre performance, held at a city school on Tuesday.

Step up to make that difference, youth urged

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Hyderabad, July 29: In a country where the average age of the population is below 25 years, the youth have a very significant role to play in driving India forward. Focusing on how the youth of India can make a difference, the Passionate Foundation organised a panel discussion with well-known guests and students at the Mariott. One of the guests, Christine Lazarus, nominated MLA felt that it was important for the youngsters to have their own style rather than ape someone. “The youth can make a major difference to the country, hence the second-rung leadership can be filled in by the youth.

Gujarat govt. allow girls to carry knife for safety

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Gandhinagar, July 29: In an interesting move, the Gujarat Police has allowed girls to carry knife for self-defence.

The state DGP of Gujarat Shabbir Hussain Shekhadam Khandwawala has issued a circular giving girls an option to keep knife for safety reasons.

Cases such as rape, eve-teasing, personal theft etc. have been constantly worrying the girl’s freedom of security, therefore, the government has decided to act upon it in a way which appears to be the only choice left.

The Narendra Modi government has given approval over the step taken by the DGP Gujarat.

Blacklist IVRCL, Labour Department tells GHMC

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Hyderabad, July 29: The Andhra Pradesh Labour Department swung into action following the tragic death of two workers who were buried alive under loose soil during sewer pipeline laying works at Ramanthapur on Monday. It has written to the GHMC and Municipal Administration officials to blacklist the IVR Constructions Limited which held the contract for the works and cancel all further orders. Besides, the Labour Department has also asked the Uppal police to register a case of murder against the management.

Paris Hilton warns young girls against sex tapes

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London, July 29: Socialite heiress Paris Hilton has a word of advice for young girls who could give in to pressure from boyfriends and make “humiliating” sex tapes with them: Don’t.
The blonde beauty was devastated when X-rated footage of her and ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon surfaced in 2003 and has vowed to stop other girls from agreeing to film themselves engaging in sex acts to please their lovers, reports imdb.com.

“I want young girls to never put themselves in that situation I was in. Don’t ever let someone talk you into doing something you don’t want to do,” she said.