Month: September 2009

After Much Ado Jaya Bachchan Starrer Finally Starts Shooting Today!

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Mumbai, September 05: Family matters kept Jaya Bachchan away from her rare film assignment. Marriage and honeymoon kept Ayesha Takia away.

The two are now back together playing mother and daughter in Revathy Sharma’s film about an “adopted’ mother abandoned by her wretched son, played by Ranvir Shorey who was the last to join the cast.

Shooting resumes on September 5. “It would have started two days earlier. But my cast got busy with Ganesh Chaturthi,” sighs the director.

I cried when my Teacher got married -Neha Marda

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Mumbai, September 05: Neha Marda aka Gehna of Sphere Origins Balika Vadhu goes down the memory lane and fondly remembers her school days and her favorite teachers on Teachers’ Day.

I did my schooling from Birla’s Sunshine School in Kolkata. Ratna Ghosh was one of the teachers whom I really admired and respected.

She was very adorable and intellectual. She taught us English literature and was also our head mistress.
I shared a very warm relationship with her. She was one teacher who made me cry a lot. I was punished a number of times by her.

Katrina is Natural White!

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Mumbai, September 05: Katrina Kaif is the Brand Ambassador of international cosmetic giant Olay Natural White (whitening cream) that launched the newly formulated White Radiance range in India. A source close to Kat said, “Kats is a teenage icon of today.

The international brand found Kats to be the apt model to market their product. Also she is the number one actress in the film industry. What also worked for Kats is that she made the right decisions at the right time.

Shahid becomes pricey

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Mumbai, September 05: Shahid Kapoor is riding high on the success of Kaminey and two Yash Raj banner films under his belt.

With his Dil Bole Hadippa on the verge of release and yet another film with Anushka Sharma directed by Parmeet Sethi, Shahid it seems has arrived in the major league.

If the buzz is to be believed, Shahid has raised his fees now. “Now henceforth he will be charging a whooping Rupees 15 crore for each of his films, and will be doing only big banner movies,” chirps the source.

Prachi Desai gives her ring to Ugesh Sarcar

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Mumbai, September 05: Long ago Prachi Desai bid adieu to television, but time and again her love for television brings her back to tele-world.

This time she is appearing on Ugesh Sarcar’s magical show “Third Degree’ as she becomes a part of his tricks.

“As a child I use to go to see magic shows. But this is very thrilling for the reason that it is very unusual,” she expresses.

NTPC moves SC against Bombay HC ruling on RIL gas dispute

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New Delhi, September 05: Power PSU NTPC today moved the Supreme Court challenging Bombay High Court’s decision that allowed Mukesh Ambani group firm RIL to amend its petition on the gas dispute citing government’s pricing policy.

A Division Bench of the the Bombay High Court had allowed amendment in the petition wherein RIL had prayed that the government’s policy on pricing of gas would frustrate its contract with NTPC.

BJP announces candidates for bypolls to 4 seats

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Lucknow, September 05: The BJP has announced candidates for bypolls to four assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow (West), which fell vacant after senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon was elected to the Lok Sabha in May.

Amit Puri, former state president of local bodies cell, has been named as candidate for the Lucknow (West) seat, a party spokesperson said.

Puri had, earlier, unsuccessfully contested the 2007 assembly elections as an independent candidate after being denied ticket by the BJP.

I am a man of the future, not the past: Dev Anand

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New Delhi, September 05: The word ‘evergreen’ is an adjective often used for actor Dev Anand and the man who will turn 86 this month proves that the moniker is anything but befitting by announcing that he is still growing and learning from life.

The actor who ruled the industry for many decades with his flamboyant charm and distinctive style in hits like “Guide”, “Baazi”, “Taxi Driver” and “Jewel Thief”, said that there is no point resting on the laurels of the past.

High tide in Sundarbans forces people to move to safety

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Sandeshkhali, September 05: With the weather turning cyclonic, fresh areas in parts of Aila-hit Sundarbans have been flooded due to high tide forcing people to shift to safer places, official sources said today.

The Raimangal river was overflowing and had caused two breaches in Manipur panchayat under Sandeshkhali II block in South 24 Parganas district, local Block Development Officer, Subhajit Mondal told PTI.

The breaches had been caused at Gopaler Ghat and Boaler Char, he said adding the irrigation department officials had been informed about the same.

RBI model to provide banking services in remote areas

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Agartala, September 05: The Reserve Bank of India has adopted a business correspondence model, acting as an agent of a commercial bank, to provide banking services to the people of remote areas where there is no banking outlet.

The model would be ideal for North Eastern states like Tripura, a state full of terrains and scattered population, said Usha Thorat, RBI deputy governor here in a seminar.

Properties destroyed in three fire mishaps

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Madurai, September 05: Properties worth Rs seven lakh have been destroyed in a fire that broke out in a settlement at the foothills of Palani temple near here, police said today.

A spark in one of the houses last evening ignited the thatched roof and the fire spread out fast, destroying about ten houses. Television sets and other articles in the houses were burnt to ashes, police said.

In another mishap, 57 houses destroyed in a fire that broke out in the slum areas at Azhvarpuram, Puliyanthoppu and Melakkratheru here yesterday evening.

Pondy varsity to become ‘largely greener’

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Puducherry, September 05: As many as 2,200 saplings of 36 varieties of trees would be planted at the premises of Pondicherry University at Kalapet near here, under a project to make the area ‘largely greener’.

The project would be launched on September seven by Professor J A K Tareen, VC of the university.

The university, which was established under an Act of Parliament in 1985, was situated over an 800 acre-land, provided by the Puducherry administration.

Two killed in accident

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Erode, September 05: Two persons were killed in a road accident near here, police said today.

A lorry had knocked down the two-wheeler they were riding last evening, they said.

—Agencies

New Indian priests perform rituals at Pashupatinath

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Kathmandu, September 05: Unfazed by the attack on them by a group of Maoists demanding their replacement by locals, two newly-appointed Indian priests at the famous Pashupatinath temple here today performed the daily rituals at the 5th century Hindu shrine.

Girish Bhatta and Raghavendra Bhatta, both 32, were severely thrashed yesterday by some 40-50 Maoists, who entered the shrine posing as devotees. The priests’ clothes and sacred threads were also torn by the former rebels.

Sania out of doubles, Mahesh in mixed doubles 2nd Rd

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New York, September 05: Sania Mirza crashed out of the women’s doubles event after losing a thriller but Mahesh Bhupathi ensured the smooth sailing of Indians in mixed doubles advancing to the second round of the US Open at the Flushing Meadows here.

Fourteenth seeds Sania and Francesca Schiavone of Italy made a smart recovery from a set down but failed to deliver at crucial points in the decider to lose 2-6, 6-1, 5-7 against the unseeded duo of Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Shahar Peer of Israel in a 125-minute second round match.

Rs 15 cr being realised as goonda tax in UP: Mulayam

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Lucknow, September 05: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today accused the Uttar Pradesh government of failing to ensure relief work in drought and flood-hit areas and alleged that people are being forced to pay “goonda tax (extortion money)”.

“Crops have been damaged due to drought and floods rendering lakhs of people homeless and forcing farmers to commit suicide but the insensitive state government has done nothing to provide relief so far,” Yadav said during a meeting of party leaders here yesterday.

Pak not serious in punishing Mumbai attackers: Krishna

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Bangalore, September 05: Accusing Pakistan of not being serious in punishing perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today said India has provided enough evidence for their prosecution.

He also made it clear that Pakistan was to be blamed for the suspension of the composite dialogue after the 26/11 terror strikes and said it has to take the initiative for the resumption of the process.

Andhra’s acting chief minister stays humble

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Hyderabad, September 05: Amid the battle for finding a successor to the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh’s caretaker Chief Minister K. Rosaiah today said he would abide by the decision of the party’s central leadership on choosing a new leader in the state.

“It is up to the high command to decide who should be the new leader. I will abide by whatever decision it takes on the issue,” Rosaiah told reporters on his first day in office as chief minister.

Arrest warrant against Thackeray

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Mumbai, September 05: A Bihar court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray for allegedly making uncharitable and inflammatory remarks against Biharis in his party mouthpiece ”Saamna”. Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate (Bhojpur) Rakesh Pati Tiwari ordered issuance of the NBW against the Sena founder after Thackeray failed to appear before him in compliance with his July 7 order.

Hopes fade for people missing after Indonesian earthquake

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Jakarta, September 05: Rescuers searched Saturday for 37 people missing in a landslide triggered by an earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Java island this week, but hopes of finding survivors were slim, an official said.

Sixty-five bodies were recovered after Wednesday’s magnitude-7.3 earthquake but the death toll was likely to rise, said Priyadi Kardono, spokesman for the National Agency for Disaster Management.

“The search is continuing, but it’s unlikely to find survivors from the landslide,” Kardono said.

Bebo was my support system: Shahid

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Mumbai, September 08: Jab Shahid Kapoor met Kareena, she was a more established star and he was just a film old. He says he was realistic enough to be aware that this would become an issue for the couple.

“Itna reality check tha mujhe ki she was Raj Kapoor’s grand-daughter, her sister was Karisma Kapoor. I had danced behind Karisma in Dil to Pagal hai. I knew ki yeh tho issue hone wala hai … mujhe itni akal thi.”

3 Chhota Rajan aides arrested in Allahabad

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Lucknow, September 05: Three aides of underworld don Chhota Rajan were arrested from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday.

Prateek Singh, Rahul Singh and Chandradhari, all in their early 20s, used to operate as shooters for the underworld don, the police alleged. They were nabbed Friday night from Georgetown locality of Allahabad, about 200 km from state capital Lucknow.

They were arrested by the Special Operation Group (SOG) and local police, SOG inspector Dhananjay Mishra told reporters.

US man arrested for murdering 8 people, including 7 relatives

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Washington, September 05: A US man was arrested in the murders of eight people, including seven of his relatives, nearly a week after he telephoned authorities to alert them to the killings.

Guy Heinze Jr, 22, was arrested Friday in the deaths at the family’s mobile home at a trailer park in the south-eastern state of Georgia in Brunswick, a small city on the Atlantic coast, about 100 kilometres south of Savannah.

Heinze had placed an emergency call to authorities August 29, the day the killings occurred, saying, “My whole family’s dead.”

250 Specialised British Publications to Supplement Sharjah Chamber Library

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Sharjah, September 05: About 250 new books featuring the best specialised British publications in the areas of public administration, human resources, business, leadership, finance, marketing and accounting among others, will be added to the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) library.

The SCCI recently hosted a ceremony during which it announced the addition of several new specialised books and publications to the SCCI library.